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This emblem shows cupid, represented by a winged child, and death, represented by a winged skeleton, shooting arrows to people on the ground. We can see a man standing on the left and a woman having been shot on the floor, in the centre an old man…

This engraving represents a couple (man and woman) dancing, and on the right, a skeleton plays the xylophone. The fact that the couple is dancing with each other, and not with the skeleton, presents an idea of mirror image and of common destiny.

This engraving represents a couple (man and woman) accompanied by death, represented by a female skeleton. The skeleton's gender can be seen by the clothing (head covering) and its breasts.
Death takes the equivalent place of the hunting hawk,…

This engraving represents a couple, a man and a woman. In the middle of these, a skeleton wearing a flower crown. It is unclear what type of crown it is, whether it is a victory or virgin crown. The skeleton is placing both its arms around the…

This engraving represents a couple accompanied by death. Death in this engraving is represented as a fool, with both male and female characteristics in the two medals with the moon and the sun.

This engraving represents a couple, the woman in the centre and the men on the right. On the left and holding the woman by her hand, is a skeleton representing death. In this image, death acts as a mirror image of the husband, who is mimicked with…

Original title: Dans van de Dood ("Dance of Death").This painting by Gestina ter Borch (image 1) was inspired by a lost design of a dagger by Hans Holbein the Younger. Image 2 represents another copy of Holbein's design by unknown (1523, c.). Images…

Five skeletons are depicted in this illustration dancing around a grave. one of the skeletons is in the grave in a state of decomposition while covered by a shroud and with snakes crawling around its body. On the left, another skeleton is playing the…

This image represents a mother holding a crib and her child. Behind the woman, a skeleton appears with a veil, similar to the one the mother is wearing. Death is thus mocking the victim it came to look for by wearing the same attributes as her, such…

The image represents a skeleton dragging a woman (abbess) out of a house whereas a younger woman raises her arms. The feathers on the skeleton's head and what appears as a phallus in between its legs are intentionally confusing for the viewer but…