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A young boy seated next to an altar dedicated to Death leans on a skull. Etching by Petrus de Jode.
Wellcome Collection

A young boy seated next to an altar dedicated to Death leans on a skull. Etching by Petrus de Jode.

Unknown artist

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Lettering: Vita quid est hominis? flos, umbraq<ue>, fumus, arista illa malis longa est, illa bonis breuis est. Hodie mihi, cras tibi.

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