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An Audience with Death
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An Audience with Death

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · in or before c. 1735 · etching; paper

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

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A group of young and old people has happened upon Death, as if by accident. Is Death reading to them from the book he holds? His audience seems slightly startled rather than shocked. Only the dog appears to grasp the gravity of the situation: its hackles are raised in fear.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printpersonifications of Death'Morte' (Ripa)dog
Credit lineAn Audience with Death. in or before c. 1735. Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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