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"An abbot is pulled by his robe. Death is mockingly depicted as a bishop with a miter and staff. In the margin above the print is the text Prover. V." (Translated description fromRijksmuseum,…

The painting depicts a still life picture with walnuts. Many critics see in this painting a vanitas and the nuts like skulls.

Gender perspective: Since it is a metaphorical use of a fruit to depict human beings, all references to gender…

This image represents Saint Mary of Egypt. She is depicted with her hands folded in front of her chest and covered with a cloth. On the right there is a skull with no visual gender traits and another piece of bone.

This image represents Saint Mary of Egypt. She is depicted holding her hands, and resting these on a table. On her right on the table there is a skull with no visual gender traits and another pieces of bone.

This image represents Saint Jerome covered by a red cloth. He holds a paper on his left hand and a quill on his right. On the left, we can see a skull with no visual gender traits.

The image represents saint Jerome covered from waist down with a red cloth, kneeling and looking up at an angel. On the right of the image, a skull with no visual gender traits rests on top of a book.

The fresco represents countless kids in limbo for not being baptized before dying. Despite being the souls of very small children, the painter represents them with male genitalia, this being the only gender attribute (all of them are represented bold…

This illustration shows men and women's souls being chained and tormented by different creatures in hell. The punishment is equal for both sexes. These appear in the center of the image as symmetrically inversed, their genitals being the center…

This image represents a little girl being burnt on a stake by a man. A winged cherub is holding the girl.

The image represents a little girl lying and sleeping on top of a skull while cupid looks at her. Although the child is represented as a little girl, the skull is represented as neutral, stripped off of any gender identifiers.