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Woman and Death
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Woman and Death

Hans Sebald Beham · 1541 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Woman surprised by Death, depicted as a skeleton dressed in a jester's costume with an hourglass. In a pot stands a blooming lily. The Latin inscription warns that beauty is not exempt from death: Omnem in homine venvstatem mors abolet.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printfemale sexwomanpersonifications of Death'Morte' (Ripa)
Credit lineVrouw en de Dood. 1541. Hans Sebald Beham. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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