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  • De kapelle der dooden, of de algemeene doodenspiegel. In welken alle Menschen, van wat Staat of Rang zy zyn mogen, zich tot hun nut konnen beschouwen : om indagtig te zyn het memento mori, of gedenkt te sterven... / zynde het laatste werk van den beroemden Pater Abraham van Sta. Clara.
  • De kapelle der dooden, of de algemeene doodenspiegel. In welken alle Menschen, van wat Staat of Rang zy zyn mogen, zich tot hun nut konnen beschouwen : om indagtig te zyn het memento mori, of gedenkt te sterven... / zynde het laatste werk van den beroemden Pater Abraham van Sta. Clara.
  • De kapelle der dooden, of de algemeene doodenspiegel. In welken alle Menschen, van wat Staat of Rang zy zyn mogen, zich tot hun nut konnen beschouwen : om indagtig te zyn het memento mori, of gedenkt te sterven... / zynde het laatste werk van den beroemden Pater Abraham van Sta. Clara.
  • De kapelle der dooden, of de algemeene doodenspiegel. In welken alle Menschen, van wat Staat of Rang zy zyn mogen, zich tot hun nut konnen beschouwen : om indagtig te zyn het memento mori, of gedenkt te sterven... / zynde het laatste werk van den beroemden Pater Abraham van Sta. Clara.
  • A skeleton as a reminder of death. Etching.
  • A skeleton holding an inscribed plaque. Mezzotint.
  • A boy seated next to an altar dedicated to Death leans on a skull. Etching by Petrus de Jode.
  • Death accompanies an old man. Etching.
  • A monument teaching mortality, including figures and symbols alluding to death. Etching by or after G. Fortuna.
  • A monument teaching mortality, including figures and symbols alluding to death. Etching by or after G. Fortuna.
  • Death as king shows a mirror to mankind. Engraving by John Payne, 1639.
  • A skull with a timepiece and flowers Etching by William Faithorne, 16--, after Philippe de Champaigne.
  • Death tramples on three female allegorical figures representing sensual pleasures. Etching by Hieronymus Wierix.
  • Death tramples on three female allegorical figures representing sensual pleasures. Etching by Hieronymus Wierix.
  • A skull with a timepiece and flowers Etching by William Faithorne, 16--, after Philippe de Champaigne.
  • A monument teaching mortality, including figures and symbols alluding to death. Woodcut by A. Andreani after G. Fortuna, ca. 1588.
  • A man, half human and half skeleton. Coloured etching after R. Dighton, 17--.
  • A clock dial on which a skeleton holds an oil lamp. Drawing by Caleb Elwin, 1800.
  • Death astride his horse is the hero of the battlefield. Etching.
  • A young artist in his studio contemplating a skull. Etching, 1815.
  • A man, half human and half skeleton. Etching.
  • Three figures on horseback. Etching.
  • A man of a hundred years is Death's target. Etching.
  • Death points an arrow at a female dancer. Aquatint by J. Gleadah, 1822.
  • A monk contemplates a skull at candlelight. Lithograph by Nepomuk Johann Strixner after L. Carracci.
  • A winged figure is flanked by Adam and Eve whose legs are chained by Death. Etching by C. de Pass.
  • Figures of Death rob a village of its children. Etching by Stefano Della Bella.
  • A procession of dancers following a music-making Death. Etching by A.W. Thompson, 1867.
  • A winged figure of Death stands in front of a prostrate skeleton and tears out the pages of a book while a crowd of people watch him. Etching by Marco Dente (Marco da Ravenna) after Baccio Bandinelli.
  • Death is the victor of the battlefield. Etching by Stefano della Bella, 16--.