France, Meurthe et Moselle, Battigny, Saint Germain church built between the end of the 12thcentury and the begining of the 13th century thenthe 15th and the 16th century, 15th and 16th century mural in the nave which represents death as a skeleton (on the right) adressing two horsemen wearing nice clothes going hunting witj their falcons and dogs, a cross separates the dead from the living. This is a warning from the dead to the living who enjoy too many noble pleasures and vanity because Death is inevitable

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Location: Battigny
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