Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A wealthy man is stabbed by a skeleton while a man weighs coins on the other side of the table; representing the vanity of riches. Engraving by M. Pregel, 1616.
A wealthy man is stabbed by a skeleton while a man weighs coins on the other side of the table; representing the vanity of riches. Engraving by M. Pregel, 1616.
Wellcome Collection

A wealthy man is stabbed by a skeleton while a man weighs coins on the other side of the table; representing the vanity of riches. Engraving by M. Pregel, 1616.

1616

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Si mihi divitiæ sint omnes totius orbis;/ Non tamen hæ vitam possunt defendere nostram; ...

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