Soul as a female and king death as male, by van Leuven (1629)

Soul as a female and king death as male, by van Leuven (1629)

In this illustration, a little girl is reaching for an hourglass held by a skeleton wearing a crown, cape and arrow. The girl is being pulled away from the king skeleton by a child with a halo. Thus, the soul is represented as female and death is represented as male.

van Leuven, Ludovicus (c. 1600-1661)

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Image from the book Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1629) by van Leuven, Ludovicus (38a). 
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The theme presented in this illustration is similar to the element:
Soul as a female with a gender-neutral skull, by Veen, Ledesma and Carolus Hattronius (1615) since in both, the soul is represented as a little girl and death is represented as a skeleton or skull.

Emblem.
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