. The dance of death. 0( THE NUN. XVI. HERE is a mixture of gallantry and de-votion. A young lady who has precipitatelytaken the veil, seems to have admitted herlover into her apartment. She is kneelingbefore an altar, and hesitates whether to per-sist in her devotions, or listen to the amorousditties of the youth, who, seated on a bed,accompanies them on a Theorbo lute. Deathextinguishes the candles on the altar; thepainter hereby intimating the punishmentwhich awaits on criminal love. 58 THE PREACHER. XYll FROM the motto to this print, the pain-ter seems to have designed the representationof
. The dance of death. 0( THE NUN. XVI. HERE is a mixture of gallantry and de-votion. A young lady who has precipitatelytaken the veil, seems to have admitted herlover into her apartment. She is kneelingbefore an altar, and hesitates whether to per-sist in her devotions, or listen to the amorousditties of the youth, who, seated on a bed,accompanies them on a Theorbo lute. Deathextinguishes the candles on the altar; thepainter hereby intimating the punishmentwhich awaits on criminal love. 58 THE PREACHER. XYll FROM the motto to this print, the pain-ter seems to have designed the representationof an hypocritical preacher. Death behind,with a stole round his neck, is lying in waitfor him, and holds in his hand what is notvery distinguishable in Hollars print j in theoriginal it is evidently a wiUvra-
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