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  • 'Vanitas' head: female head in wax representing life & death
  • 'Vanitas' head: female head in wax representing life & death
  • A Vanitas tableau of a life sized head, on one side resembling Queen Elizabeth I, the other half a skull with attendant insects and reptiles, made from wax.
  • A Vanitas tableau of a life sized head, on one side resembling Queen Elizabeth I, the other half a skull with attendant insects and reptiles, made from wax.
  • A Vanitas tableau of a life sized head, on one side resembling Queen Elizabeth I, the other half a skull with attendant insects and reptiles, made from wax.
  • A Vanitas tableau of a life sized head, on one side resembling Queen Elizabeth I, the other half a skull with attendant insects and reptiles, made from wax.
  • A Vanitas tableau of a life sized head, on one side resembling Queen Elizabeth I, the other half a skull with attendant insects and reptiles, made from wax.
  • A Vanitas tableau of a life sized head, on one side resembling Queen Elizabeth I, the other half a skull with attendant insects and reptiles, made from wax.
  • A Vanitas tableau of a life sized head, on one side resembling Queen Elizabeth I, the other half a skull with attendant insects and reptiles, made from wax.
  • A Vanitas tableau of a life sized head, on one side resembling Queen Elizabeth I, the other half a skull with attendant insects and reptiles, made from wax.
  • A Vanitas tableau of a life sized head, on one side resembling Queen Elizabeth I, the other half a skull with attendant insects and reptiles, made from wax.
  • A Vanitas tableau of a life sized head, on one side resembling Queen Elizabeth I, the other half a skull with attendant insects and reptiles, made from wax.
  • A Vanitas tableau of a life sized head, on one side resembling Queen Elizabeth I, the other half a skull with attendant insects and reptiles, made from wax.
  • A Vanitas tableau of a life sized head, on one side resembling Queen Elizabeth I, the other half a skull with attendant insects and reptiles, made from wax.
  • An elderly man taunted by a skeleton, as he sits and ponders in a vanitas conceit. Woodcut by Tobias Stimmer, 1580.
  • A bald phrenologist with a large forehead examining a skull, in a 'vanitas' pose. Mezzotint by W.O. Geller, 1833, after T.H. Illidge.
  • A boy seated next to an altar dedicated to Death leans on a skull. Etching by Petrus de Jode.
  • 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.
  • Johannes à Leuneschloss. Line engraving by J. Schweizer, 1660, after A. H. de Vos.
  • Johannes à Leuneschloss. Line engraving by J. Schweizer, 1660, after A. H. de Vos.
  • A young woman weeping over a tombstone in a graveyard. Etching with engraving.
  • 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.