Wellcome Collection
Death holds a scroll while standing at an open grave. Etching.
Unknown artist
Lettering: Huc venias toto quisquis in orbe viges. Cum̀ tumulos cernis, cur non mortalia spernis; communis mors est, quod cunctis debita sors est. Quid prodest homini si viuat secula centum; cum moritur, vitam transisse putat quasi ventum.
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