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Allegorical representation with Love and Death
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Allegorical representation with Love and Death

Bernard Picart · 1719 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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Landscape with Love and Death sharing their arrows in the foreground. On the right, an old man seducing a young woman. In the background, men and women shot down by Death with arrows, loving couples, and a funeral procession. In the sky, Jupiter on a cloud.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printDeath as skeletoncortege, funeral processionLove personified
Credit lineAllegorische voorstelling met Liefde en Dood. 1719. Bernard Picart. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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