A wealthy man is stabbed by a skeleton while a man weighs coins on the other side of the table; representing the vanity of riches. Engraving by M. Pregel, 1616.

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1616
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26748i
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A wealthy man is stabbed by a skeleton while a man weighs coins on the other side of the table; representing the vanity of riches. Engraving by M. Pregel, 1616. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The windows are filled with spiralling circles. An ornamental clock hangs above the accountant, who sits at a table with legs carved in beast-like form. In the foreground an open casket contains small mannikins of children clinging to a mother

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[Nuremberg?] : Batth. Caÿmox [?] ex, 1616.

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1 print : line engraving ; platemark 25 x 29.8 cm

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Si mihi divitiæ sint omnes totius orbis; / Non tamen hæ vitam possunt defendere nostram; Thesaurus quoniam Deus ipse est optimus; hancce / Omnibus ex aliis excerpere suadeo cunctis. Michael Pregel sculpsit, anno 1616. Lettering continues: ""

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Wellcome Collection 26748i

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