The Triumph of Death
Rijksmuseum

The Triumph of Death

1610

CC0 — Public Domain
Rijksmuseum

Death, in the guise of a human skeleton with a fleshy face, shoots three arrows at the same time. People from all walks of life try to defend themselves: in vain, naturally. In their panic they reach for their most trusted attributes: the soldier grabs his two-handed sword; the doctor his urine flask; the king his sceptre; and the blind old man his crutch.

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