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Death Appears to the Newlyweds
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A young couple stands hand in hand before an open tomb, from which Death rises up in the guise of a skeleton draped in his tattered shroud and holding an hourglass and a scythe. Rembrandt depicts the elegantly clad couple looking straight into the eyes of the Grim Reaper. They are thus directly confronted by the transience of life.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDe dood verschijnt aan de jonggehuwden. 1639. Rembrandt van Rijn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
