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Satan Leads Four Boys to Hell, Where Death Waits for Them
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Satan Leads Four Boys to Hell, Where Death Waits for Them

Jan Luyken · 1699 · etching; paper

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

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Satan leads four youths to hell, where Death awaits them as a skeleton. The four youths are chained with ropes to the globe which Satan carries with him. They choose a worldly existence that is led by sin. In the sky flies an angel.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printboekillustratiejourney to hellDeath as skeletondevil(s) and demonsangels
Credit lineSatan voert vier jongens naar de hel, waar de Dood hen opwacht. 1699. Jan Luyken. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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