Death next to a little girl, by Borch, (1656, c.)

Death next to a little girl, by Borch, (1656, c.)

Original title: Dood naast een klein meisje ("Death next to a little girl").

"Death dancing next to a girl. In the left foreground you can see the girl's grave with the date on which the drawing was made or on which the girl died. On the right is a long funeral procession to the entrance of a church." (Translated description from Rijksmuseum, Netherlands,
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/mijn/verzamelingen/2162604--becky-head/memento/objecten#/BI-1887-1463-96A,6, Archived in: 
https://web.archive.org/web/20200718204608/https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/BI-1887-1463-96A)

Gender perspective: The image of the skeleton appears, as usual, gender-neutral, but the hair on the head and the use of an arrow instead of the scythe, as well as the gender of the young girl and the doll, point to a female identity of the skeleton.

Borch, Gesina ter (1633-1690)

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands.
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/mijn/verzamelingen/2162604--becky-head/memento/objecten#/BI-1887-1463-96A,6

http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.477285

Object Number: BI-1887-1463-96A

Archived in: 
https://web.archive.org/web/20200718204608/https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/BI-1887-1463-96A

1656, c.

Paper watercolor.
Dimensions: 13.4 × 15 cm