This painting portrays a skull surrounded by flowers, bubbles, and some insects. Some accent gold pieces, like a golden tiara, are also present in the painting.
The image represents a skull in the centre with a flower wreath on top. Other objects also appear next to the skull, including an open book on the left, a candle on the right, a shell in front of the skull and bubbles floating around. Even if the…
"Carefully carved in a highly naturalistic style, this boxwood sculpture presents a moral lesson: while Vanity wears an elaborate dress and holds a mirror to her face, the figure of death is at her back, a reminder that all earthly things shall…
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 emblem, a winged death and Cupid are shooting arrows to people on the ground. The image seems to represent a woman shot with an arrow on the left, an old man shot in the centre, and a man and a kid shot on the right. The emblem seems to…
Original title: Vrouw (Aeltien?) staand naast de Dood in de Sint-Michaëlskerk, Zwolle ("Woman (Aaltje?) Standing next to Death in the Sint-Michaëlskerk, Zwolle")."Woman standing in the choir of the Sint-Michaëlskerk in Zwolle, possibly Gesina's…
This engraving represents a young woman and a skeleton holding her arm and showing her an hourglass. Although the Latin inscription mentions that death abolishes all beauty in any man, the victim is a female taken away by a skeleton that is neuter or…
The engraving portrays a young couple looking at each other. Behind them, a tree trunk. Peeking out of the tree and staring at the couple, a skeleton holding an hourglass. Gender perspective: In this engraving death represented by the skeleton is the…