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  • Philip, King of Macedon, is woken up by his page and reminded of his mortality. Engraving by John Payne, 1639.
  • Death visits the paupers' house. Engraving by Johan Sadeler after Jan van der Straet.
  • Two skeletons flank a tree to which they attach a large cloth. Etching by Stefano della Bella, 16--.
  • A coat of arms depicting an altar, a coffin and skull and crossbones, is flanked by two figures of death; above, a skull crowned with an hourglass. Woodcut by C. van Sichem.
  • A military procession of mercenary soldiers, followed by a winged figure of Death on horseback who is accompanied by two skeletal accomplices. Etching by Johann Theodor de Bry after Erhard Schön.
  • A skull: three views. Pencil drawing by Heinrich Appenzeller, 1558.
  • Figures of Death lead an old and blind man over a cliff. Etching.
  • A woman depicted as half human and half skeleton. Woodcut and letterpress.
  • Three figures on horseback. Etching.
  • A dying man in bed is surrounded by a group of people praying for him. Etching.
  • Death approaches a woman in a domestic setting. Aquatint.
  • The three living and the three dead. Collotype after the Master of the Housebook, 1488-1505.
  • A cartouche including symbols of death and a funerary procession. Woodcut.
  • A woman shown half as clothed human being and half as skeleton. Coloured etching, 17--.
  • A man sits on his balcony and contemplates his writing. Etching.
  • Two women open a cupboard in which a skeleton stands. Engraving by Brown after W.M. Craig, 1819, after E. Haywood.
  • Death holds a scroll while standing at an open grave. Etching.
  • Four heads representing the souls of people who have given different degrees of attention to spiritual matters. Engraving after R. Sadeler.
  • A young man and a young woman looking through an opening in a wall; alternatively, a human skull. Lithograph.
  • Two ladies contemplate a tombstone. Mezzotint, 1803.
  • Death and the compadre. Etching by Harden S. Melville, 18--.
  • Death stands armed with spear and hourglass. Etching by H.H. (Hendrik Hondius I).
  • A skull with an ornamental frame. Collotype after Hans Wechtlin, c. 1510-11.
  • Jonah holding a skull. Etching.
  • A skeleton sits backwards on a horse waiting for a blacksmith, dressed as a fool, to finish his job. Woodcut.
  • A woman bemoans the death of a man in the presence of the figure of Death. Etching.
  • A family sees Death's reflection in a mirror. Etching.
  • Death visits a mother and her three newborn babies. Etching after a design attributed to G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • A young man and a young woman looking through an opening in a wall; alternatively, a human skull. Lithograph.
  • Death carries off a child on his back. Etching by Stefano Della Bella.