Alms-box in Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte, by Unknown (1575, c.)

Alms-box in Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte, by Unknown (1575, c.)

A skeleton with wings holds an hourglass with wings while sitting on a pedestal. Its intimate parts are covered by a shroud. The skeleton looks at a man lying on the floor naked with a shroud covering his intimate parts as he is writing.

Unknown

In Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte, Rome, Italy.

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1575, c.

Alms-box.
Dimensions: Unknown