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Emblem with the following inscription in Latin, from Glasgow University Library: SM689http://www.emblems.arts.gla.ac.uk/french/emblem.php?id=FLPb008Archived…

This emblem shows cupid and death, represented by a winged child and a flying skeleton, respectively, flying over people and shooting them. On the ground, we can see a young man on the right, and an old man and a woman on the left.

The emblem…

This emblem shows cupid, represented by a winged child, and death, represented by a winged skeleton, shooting arrows to people on the ground. We can see a man standing on the left and a woman having been shot on the floor, in the centre an old man…

In this emblem, a winged death and Cupid are shooting arrows to people on the ground. The image seems to represent a woman shot with an arrow on the left, an old man shot in the centre, and a man and a kid shot on the right. The emblem seems to…

"A skeleton (Death or Libitina) stands holding an arrow in one raised hand, and in the other holds a set of scales. On the left pan are farming tools and on the right pan a crown and sceptre." (Description from Emblematica Online - Resources for…

This emblem represents two men on the left and centre and a skeleton on the right. The man in the centre is holding the skeleton by its arms. Death is depicted occasionally with traditionally female attributes, especially in this case, with long…

This image represents death on the left, depicted as a neutral skeleton that seems to be an agent in a gender transformation between a girl and a boy (on the center and right), or at least a transforming agent between two figures of undefined gender…

The cover of this edition depicts many skeletons and skulls. The three panels that appear at the bottom of the illustration represent: on the left panel two skeletons, a kid and an old man, on the central panel, a group of men studying the dead body…

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…

This illustration depicts a naked young man on the left holding an apple in his left hand, and a naked young woman on the right covering her lower abdomen with her right hand. On the ground between the two people, what appears to be a skull and a…