Fotografía de Herr_Mueller - The Good Life #1

El Triunfo de la Muerte


 

«The Triumph of Death

Death as a skeleton holding a scythe riding a chariot drawn by two bulls to right; dead or dying figures on his path including a king and a pope and bishop; in background a burning city; from a series of six engravings.

Inscription Content: Signed with monogram on the tablet at lower centre, numbered there 5 and lettered 'NASCENTES MORIMUR FINIS QZ AB ORIGINE PENDET/ LONGIUS AUT PROPIUS MORS SUA QUENOZ MANET'.

Engraving made by Georg Pencz, Germany, c.1539.
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(Galería de Assaf Kintzer, Flickr)


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