blackpaint20:
“ Johann Christoph Haffner (1668 - 1754) Allegory of Impermanence, 18thc print
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blackpaint20:
“#death detail, and the mouth of #hell
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse c.1496-8
by Albrecht Dürer
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blackpaint20:
““Necrologium canonicorum regularium S. Augustini Chiemensis .
1682
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achasma:
“The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Jan Deyman (detail) by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1656.
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met-drawings-prints:
“St. Francis by Willem Pietersz. Buytewech, Drawings and Prints
Medium: Etching with engraving; second state of two (with the number and Visscher’s address scraped away)
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917 Metropolitan Museum...
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(Source: artist-caravaggio)

met-medieval-art:
“Manuscript Leaf from a Missal, Medieval Art
Medium: Tempera, ink, and gold on parchment
Bequest of Mrs. A. M. Minturn, 1890 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/468976
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achasma:
“The Dragon Devouring the Companions of Cadmus (detail) by Hendrick Goltzius, 1588.
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achasma:
“Death Lords Over Concupiscence and Pride (detail) by Hieronymus Wierix, 1619.
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malformalady:
“ Anatomical torso specimen in glass box
Photo credit: drlindseyfitzharris
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blackpaint20:
“ Eugenio Lucas (1817–1870), Death Reading from a Human Lectern, c. 1850
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malformalady:
“Postmortem decomposition stain left behind on a floor where a body has been decomposing. Sadly, it is a tell-tale sign that the body of the deceased had remained in the location of death for quite some time before being discovered and...
Ligier Richier