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The Three Living and the Three Dead, by Madonna Master (attributed) (1310, c.)
"Three living princes, on the left, encounter three corpses, on the right. Below is a Middle French poem describing the encounter." (Description from the British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts…
The Queen and Duchess, in Danse macabre des femmes, by Marchant (1486)
This illustration, representing the death of a Queen and a duchess appears in the second volume of the Miroer Salutaireor La danse macabre nouuelle, named: La danse macabre des femmes / Et le debat du corps et de lameby Guyot Marchant…
The Nun and Witch, in Danse macabre des femmes, by Marchant (1486)
This illustration, representing the death of a Nun and a Witch and appears in the second volume of theMiroer SalutaireorLa danse macabre nouuelle,named:La danse macabre des femmes / Et le debat du corps et de lamebyGuyot Marchant (1486).According to…
Dead Queen and Authority, in Danse macabre des femmes, byMarchant(1486)
This illustration, representing the death of a Queen appears in the second volume of theMiroer SalutaireorLa danse macabre nouuelle,named:La danse macabre des femmes / Et le debat du corps et de lamebyGuyot Marchant (1486).According to the text, the…
Neuter skull for both genders, by Marshall (1630, c.)
In these images, a neuter skull appears either above or below the portrait the engravings represent (John Donne in image 1 and Margaret Herbert in image 2). This indicates that the skull of fame is the same for both genders. The man in image 1…
Vanitas, Allegory of The Ages, by Martinelli (1650, c.)
Death, young and old woman, a servant or procuress, coins.
Memento Mori, by Master MZ (1500, c.)
"Memento Mori; a nude woman holding a sundial, standing on a skull; with vast landscape behind." (Description from the British Museum, London, UK,https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1845-0809-455)
Denise Poncher before a Vision of Death, by Master of the Chronique scandaleuse (1500, c.)
The image shows death represented as a skeleton with no visible gender attributes and holding several scythes. The skeleton has just killed two women and a man who are lying on the right of the image. A young woman (Denise Poncher) kneels on the left…
The Last Judgment, by Memling (1470, c.)
The painting depicts the day of the final judgment. Christ is at the center, whereas the top half of the painting represents heaven and the bottom half represents the earth.
In the bottom half of the painting, the artist portrays a desexualized…
In the bottom half of the painting, the artist portrays a desexualized…
Death dance as seen in the laudable city of Basel, by Merian I (printed by) (1621)
Original title: Todten-Tanz, wie derselbe in der löblichen Stadt Basel zu sehen ist ("Death dance as seen in the laudable city of Basel")."Death and the Empress; after Holbein the Younger; Death at left holding the right hand of the Empress at right;…