Trying to bribe death as a procuress, by Anonymous (1617)

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Trying to bribe death as a procuress, by Anonymous (1617)

Description

"An old man, with one hand in a money-box, grips the shoulder of a young woman who rests her arm on the shoulder of a young man; Death rests his hand on the shoulder of the old man." (Description from Emblematica Online - Resources for Emblem Studies, http://emblematica.grainger.illinois.edu/oebp/ui/#/results?ekeywords=death&tab=emblemdetail&eskip=18&emblemid=nj1617041&bookid=huygens.knaw.nl_3Aemitx_3Anj1617)

Death about to deprive men and women of the pleasures of sex that money can buy.

Creator

Anonymous (Unknown)

Date

1617

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Emblem.
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