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  • A woman breastfeeding her baby and looking after two small children in a rural setting. Engraving.
  • A boy seated next to an altar dedicated to Death leans on a skull. Etching by Petrus de Jode.
  • Saint Luke. Engraving by K. van Sichem, 1601, after D. Barendz.
  • The dance of death: Adam tills the soil. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.
  • Somatometric chart: Bone lengths
  • John Pordage. Line engraving after W. Faithorne.
  • Saint Dominic Guzman. Engraving after C. Cort, 1573, after B. Spranger.
  • Saint Luke, reading an oblong book. Engraving.
  • Acumoxa chart: Location of the foot san li point, Chinese
  • Joachim Camerarius. Line engraving by P. Galle.
  • A man holding a torch and surrounded by heart-shaped vegetables is standing near a table with dices, pointing to a bunch of dead birds on a hook; representing the month December. Engraving.
  • A semi-naked man holding a hare in his outstretched right arm, and a vessel between his legs, is surrounded by a bird and a vase full of acorns; representing the month October.
  • The venerable mother Anne of Jesus, companion of Saint Teresa. Engraving by M. van Lochom.
  • Adrianus Junius [Adriaen de Jonghe]. Line engraving after P. Galle, 1572.
  • Medea draining the blood of Aeson in order to rejuvenate him with her special brew. Engraving.
  • The dance of death: the ploughman. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.
  • A vain woman combing her hair, a fool showing her her face in a mirror, and a philosopher pointing to a skull as a reminder of the vanity of transient things. Line engraving attributed to Pieter de Jode II after J. Jordaens.
  • While a mother feeds her baby two other children are clinging to her side. Engraving by Aegidius Sadeler.
  • A skeleton with snakes and rats. Etching by C. Grignion, 1821.
  • Saint Roch. Engraving by F. Brizio, ca. 1602, after G.F.M. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.
  • Juno with her peacock in the clouds; representing the element of air. Engraving by J. Sadeler, 1587, after D. Barendsz.
  • A human skeleton, seen from the front and leaning on a spade, surrounded by illustrations of individual bones. Engraving, 1686.
  • Acumoxa chart: Location of the youmen and jiaoxin points
  • The dance of death: the abbot. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.
  • The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by C. Bloemaert, c. 1650, after G. Lanfranco.
  • Christ healing the paralytic. Etching by B. Picart after Jean Jouvenet, 1683.
  • The dance of death: the pope. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.
  • The dance of death: the duchess. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.
  • Cybele wearing a turreted crown and holding a sceptre; in the background men work on the land; representing Earth, one of the four elements. Engraving by J. Sadeler, 1587, after D. Barendsz.
  • Jean-François Nicéron. Line engraving by M. Lasne, 1646.