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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