. Man (gay) is under a tree and is crowned with a laurel wreath by a putto named comfort (console). He is assisted by the personification of life (vita) and death (Mors). Left is vita, a Bible and a crucifix in hand. On the right is sorry in the form of a skeleton, the dining of the law in one hand, with the other an arrow on man pointing. Man must always try to live Christian, because death can strike every moment and deprive him of a secular life. In the foreground is a fight going between the personnifications of the human mind (spirit) and the carnal lust (Caro). Spiritus is dressed as an
. Man (gay) is under a tree and is crowned with a laurel wreath by a putto named comfort (console). He is assisted by the personification of life (vita) and death (Mors). Left is vita, a Bible and a crucifix in hand. On the right is sorry in the form of a skeleton, the dining of the law in one hand, with the other an arrow on man pointing. Man must always try to live Christian, because death can strike every moment and deprive him of a secular life. In the foreground is a fight going between the personnifications of the human mind (spirit) and the carnal lust (Caro). Spiritus is dressed as an angel and is assisted by charity (charitas). Caro has peacock feathers as a headdress and is assisted by the world (Mundum), a personification with a globe as head. In the background on the left a lighthouse (steadfastness) and in the background on the right a ship in a storm (symbol of the loss of self-control).
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