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This image is a dedicatory plate, where a coat of arms appears on the top part of the plate and two skeletons appear on each side. The skeletons are probably of different genders (male on the left and female on the right). This is not clearly…

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 image represents a coat of arms and in its center a child inside a coffin. Two dead people appear on each side of the coat of arms and although visible gender differences appear between them, the child lacks any gender trait. The dead woman on…

"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 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…

These images represent a Duchess on her bed being dragged out by a skeleton while another skeleton plays the violin. Thus, a feminine character (Duchess) is being taken by two skeletons, a clearly feminine one (with long hair) and a masculine or…

These images represent a nun kneeling on the floor with her head covered holding rosary beads and looking at a young man play an instrument on a bed. Next to the nun, a skeleton with breasts and her skull covered. These images are examples of death…

Original title: Das Große Jüngste Gericht ("The Great Last Judgment").Rubens depicts Judgment day in this painting. We can see Christ represented in the center top section of the painting. This top half of the painting represents heaven, whereas the…

This work is a self-portrait of the artist. In it, the artist appears writing on a skull that is stripped of any gender traits.

This image represents two Pulcinellas being approached by a skeleton dressed as an old woman. The dress and posture of the skeleton are reminiscent of the Celestinesque or procuress tradition being represented as old women.