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Image depicting the three living and the dead, in Book of Hours of Mary of Burgundy and Emperor Maximilian (1480). The three living appear riding horses and are being attacked by the three dead represented by skeletons. At the centre, one of the…

"In Murer's play this etching accompanies a speech about purification through martyrdom. It shows allegorically how the human soul is tested by life's tribulations. The soul is refined in an ironworks (the universe) by a team of metalworkers: a good…

"The sinner in the jaws of Hell; the skeleton-like figure with a snake wrapped around its body stands in the mouth of a monster, out of which fire sparks; the cut is surrounded by letterpress verses." (Description from The British Museum, London,…

These images represent the day of the final judgment (in the third image The Last Judgment is depicted in the circle in the top right corner). Jesus appears either at the center or at the top of the image surrounded by those individuals who are in…

The image represents Mary Magdalen sitting on a table looking at a mirror. A candle lightens up the scene. Mary Magdalen's right hand is placed on her face, and her left hand is placed on a skull. The skull, which is also reflected on the mirror,…

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…

Image 1: The noblewoman/married couple, from the mix of Hoblein's and Basel's Dance of Death published by Huldrich Frölich (1581).Image 2: The Queen, by Giovanni Battista Manni (1675).Image 3: Queen/Beauty, in Vana pulchritudo, by Guy Marchant (1485,…

This image represents Mary Magdalen meditating and looking up. Her right hand is placed over her chest, while her left hand rests on a genderless skull, which in turn rests on an open book.

This image represents Mary Magdalen sitting looking up and surrounded by objects and fruits. Among these objects, we can find a crucifix on her left hand, a chalice oh her right side and a skull, she is resting her right arm on. The skull appears…

This work represents the biblical figure of Mary Magdalene doing penance. She is portrayed with a red cloth and holding a skull with no visual gender traits on her left hand. Both the skull and her are facing the viewer.