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This engraving shows Christ in the centre holding a cross, a man kneeling on the left, a woman on the right and three children next to the woman. On the ground under the cross there is a skull and a snake around it.

Gender perspective: Death,…

This engraving portrays a skeleton at doomsday that is seating on a grave. Regarding its gender, the skeleton displays neutral gender characteristics, as neither masculine nor feminine attributes are present in the image.

This image represents a scene where skeletons are taking living men and women. Some of the individuals are still alive and struggling to free themselves from the skeletons, some are already dead. Although skeletons are not represented with specific…

This image portrays a group of women running away from skeletons that are going after them. The skeleton standing and pointing at the women seems to be feminine because of the size of its hip bones and because of how its legs are positioned. This…

This etching represents four skeletons. From left to right, the first skeleton sings, the second plays the violin, the fourth is sitting with its legs crossed and resting its skull on its hand and the fourth one plays the cello. All skeletons are…

The engraving presents a triad man on the left holding a scythe, a woman in the center and a neutral skeleton on the right. The engraving represents death that implies a form of evolutive narrative or transformation. The woman is also represented as…

Gender perspective: A single image of Death in the form of a skeleton threatens the two lovers. The skeleton's skull is covered and has long hair, normally female attributes, while playing the violin, normally a male attribute, like the man with the…

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…

""The subject is a typical theme which recurs constantly in Graf's work, particularly his drawings, and serves as a reminder of his life as a professional soldier as well as the current feelings of misogyny which pervade so much of the art of this…

"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,…