Vignette with the personification of Death Death (title on object) Virtues and vices (series title), Vignette with the image of the personified Death. Death is a partially dressed skeleton with a staff in his right and a sickle in his left. His skull is lauded and half covered with a mask. Behind death, two putti with burning torches grieve on a wall, and under Death there is an hourglass on the head of Vader Tijd with two crossed scythes. The print is part of a series of book illustrations about virtues and vices, personifications of Death, 'Morte' (Ripa), Jacob Folkema (mentioned on object
Vignette with the personification of Death Death (title on object) Virtues and vices (series title), Vignette with the image of the personified Death. Death is a partially dressed skeleton with a staff in his right and a sickle in his left. His skull is lauded and half covered with a mask. Behind death, two putti with burning torches grieve on a wall, and under Death there is an hourglass on the head of Vader Tijd with two crossed scythes. The print is part of a series of book illustrations about virtues and vices, personifications of Death, 'Morte' (Ripa), Jacob Folkema (mentioned on object), 1741, paper, letterpress printing, h 92 mm × w 126 mm
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