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A dinner party is interrupted by the appearance of Death who has captured a lady with his chain. Etching by Raphaël Sadeler after Jan van der Straet.
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A dinner party is interrupted by the appearance of Death who has captured a lady with his chain. Etching by Raphaël Sadeler after Jan van der Straet.

Jan van der Straet

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Lettering: Divitibus mors dura venit, redimita corona anguisera, et risus ultima luctus habet. O mors quam amara est memoria tua homini pacem habenti in substantiis suis: etc. Eccl. cap. XLI.

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