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  • Three skulls are piled up to form a pyramidal composition on which a dead child partly lies. Heliogravure after S. Beham, 1529.
  • A family contemplates a gravestone. Stipple engraving by F. Bartolozzi after W. Hamilton.
  • Two young men are approached by a prostitute: she is a clothed skeleton holding a made-up mask in front of her face, representing syphilis. Lithograph by J.J. Grandville, 1830.
  • Death as a skeleton is about to cut down with a scythe two plants in which people are living. Wood engraving by J.L. Williams after E.K. Johnson.
  • Two young men are approached by a prostitute: she is a clothed skeleton holding a made-up mask in front of her face, representing syphilis. Lithograph by J.J. Grandville, 1830.
  • A woman personifying religion stands leaning on a cross and on top of a skeleton while holding up a bible. Etching by Crispin de Passe.
  • A monument teaching mortality, including figures and symbols alluding to death. Woodcut by A. Andreani after G. Fortuna, ca. 1588.
  • Death and the lady. Etching.
  • Four circular compositions with scenes from the dance of death. Lithograph after Israhel van Meckenem.
  • The open tomb of Pallas is visited by a group of visitors. Etching.
  • Six people seated at an outdoor table are approached by Death, a young woman holding a skull, and a winged putto. Etching.
  • Two mercenary soldiers approach a seated prostitute while Death sits in a tree, pointing to an hourglass. Etching after Urs Graf, 1524.
  • The aristocrat and Death. Etching.
  • A man and a woman are counting their money with Death watching, armed with hourglass and scythe. Mezzotint by I. Meheux.
  • A skeleton as Death embraces a pregnant woman. Woodcut by Gerhard Marcks, 1959.
  • A jester contemplates a skeleton. Wood engraving after Paul Stade, 1884.
  • A fatal fight between two men is caused by a game of cards. Etching by Jan Lievens. Etching.
  • A skeleton in fine attire. Lithograph, 18--.
  • Death with his helpers attack a group of people. Pen and ink drawing.
  • A dinner party is interrupted by the appearance of Death who has captured a lady with his chain. Etching by Raphaël Sadeler after Jan van der Straet.
  • Two men in the presence of death hold a dialogue with God. Etching by John Lightbody.
  • Men and women inspect the open grave of Venus. Etching.
  • Simon Pauli. Line engraving by A. Frölich.
  • A skull. Etching.
  • Mars lies in his monumental tomb and is surrounded by soldiers. Etching.
  • Simon Pauli. Line engraving by A. Frölich.
  • Four figures contemplate the inscription on a tomb in Arcadia. Etching by Etienne Picart after Nicolas Poussin, 1653.
  • A coat of arms, depicting a skull, is flanked by a man and a woman. Lithograph after a woodcut.
  • A winged figure of Death stands on top of a selection of worldly goods and holds an hourglass and a scythe. Mezzotint.
  • Saladin proclaims that he will only take his shirt to his grave. Engraving by John Payne, 1639.