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Death, represented by a skeleton with hair and a beard and holding a scythe, kills a woman who is lying on the floor.

Fragment 1: Fragment of the sonnet ¿Estamos entre cristianos? (Are we among Christians?) by Quevedo:"Son las dos como un retratoDestos que hacen modernos,Que por el un lado es NarcisoY por el otro, Sardesco."Translation:"They are both like one of…

Fragment from El Criticón, by Gracián inEl invierno de la vejez (the winter of old age) by Lorenzo Gracián, Madrid (1657), (pp. 350-352) "—Es—dixo el ministro que estava en medio de ambos—que la miráis por diferentes lados, y assí haze diferentes…

Original title: Dood naast een klein meisje ("Death next to a little girl")."Death dancing next to a girl. In the left foreground you can see the girl's grave with the date on which the drawing was made or on which the girl died. On the right is a…

The image shows death portrayed as a royal skeleton with a crown and on a golden throne with a retinue approaching. The image is probably a commentry of the following passage from the manuscript:"O vous qui ce livre lisezPensez bien a ceste…

This emblem represents death coming for the empress Maria of Austria. A crown appears floating while death is represented by a neutral skeleton with a scythe. The text on the left page describes the event (translated):

"This painting depicts what…

These images represent the death of Mary Magdalen. The first image represents Magdalen lying down semi-covered by a cloth and holding a cross over her chest. A group of angels sing and play instruments over her, and a skull without any specific…

In the first illustration, a woman appears lying with her hand over her stomach, as if she was dying. Death, represented by a skeleton with a robe and hair is trying to steal Cupid's arrows, represented by a winged cherub with a bow. In the second…

This image represents a couple (man and woman) sitting on a table and drinking. A skeleton without any sex or gender traits appears on the right. This is another example of death as the third member of the couple, or one death for both genders.

Text translated:"Representation between two text blocks: above four-line salutation of death to the nobleman, below the nobleman's complaint. The illustration shows Death with two hanging breasts and an apron around the loin, who has put his right…