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This illustration represents a skeleton lying on top of a tomb. A tree grows from its abdomen and two men point at the tree. Even though the skeleton lacks any gender distinguishable traits, the way the corpse is exposed in a bed-like situation makes…

The engraving presents a triad man on the left holding a scythe, a woman in the center and a neutral skeleton on the right. The engraving represents death that implies a form of evolutive narrative or transformation. The woman is also represented as…

This image portrays a group of women running away from skeletons that are going after them. The skeleton standing and pointing at the women seems to be feminine because of the size of its hip bones and because of how its legs are positioned. This…

This image represents a scene where skeletons are taking living men and women. Some of the individuals are still alive and struggling to free themselves from the skeletons, some are already dead. Although skeletons are not represented with specific…

The mural represents two images. On the left, the scene of Jesus Christ's crucifixion is represented with virgin Mary. A skeleton with torn clothes points with its left hand at Christ while opening its mouth, as a sign of mockery. On the right, four…

The image represents a scene in nature. An artist sketching statues that appear in the scene sits on the bottom right corner. The statue on the right of the artist contains the images of two women. A skull with no gender-specific traits appears on…

The reliquaries containing the skull (first image) and the skinattached to the skull(second image) of Mary Magdalene were created by an unknown artist, presumably around 1860.Gender perspective: Even though the skull and the skin are characterized as…

Illustration of 26 skulls and shinbones of kings and queens of Hapsburg. These skulls appear with crowns and the names of the individuals the skulls represent appear underneath each skull. It is visible that the skulls represent both males and…

Original title: Slapend kind met zandloper en vier schedels ("Sleeping child with hourglass and four skulls").

The engraving represents a naked baby boy sleeping with his hands on his chest on the top left corner. Next to him, an hourglass. on the…

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…