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The emblem represents a skull that rests on an altar. Numerous bees appear surrounding the skull, and honeycombs appear in the foreground.

Gender perspective: Death as a contradictory category of bitterness and sweetness. It is presented a place…

In this emblem death represented as a neutral skeleton looks at a tree that has chopped down. The tree represents empress Maria of Austria. From the tree stump new sprouts are growing.

The reproductive function of the empress gives rise to a new…

The emblem represents a graveyard with the remains of many prominent figures, such as dukes, marquises, pontiffs and kings. Their crowns also appear in the graveyard, highlighting the equalizing power of death. This emblem represents a counterexample…

This emblem represents death coming for the empress Maria of Austria. A crown appears floating while death is represented by a neutral skeleton with a scythe. The text on the left page describes the event (translated):

"This painting depicts what…

This emblem appears above a dialogue about the prostitute, Lais de Corinto (translation):
"L. Who lies here in this grave?
A. Lais, who was from Corinto.
L. ¿And how did hard death spoil
So much beauty that used to darken the sun?
A. She was…

The woodcut represents an army lead by an officer on a horse. Prisoners, women and animals are also represented, in addition to a wagon being pulled by a horse on the left. On the left, death represented by a winged skeleton on a horse holds an…

This mural depicts the final judgement, where Jesus appears in the center surrounded by angels. The bottom part of the mural represents the earth where human souls are being separated: those going to heaven appear on the left, whereas those condemned…

The image depicts an angel with butterfly wings, dressed in red and holding a mirror where a skull is reflected on. There is ambiguity regarding the gender of the angel. The skull on the other hand is probably feminine since it is reminiscent of the…

In this image a female skeleton appears in the centre. On the left, a young man holds the skeleton's right arm and on the right a child is wrapped in a cloth.
The skeleton is clearly female, depicted with long wavy hair. The skeleton may even be…

This engraving depicts judgement day. The top section represents heaven and the lower section represents earth. Christ is placed in the centre-upper section of the engraving. The apostles are placed on the top right, and female saints on the top…