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Auguste Joron Allegorie eines Sterbenden mit Gebet

Auguste Joron Allegorie eines Sterbenden mit Gebet

Deutsch: Allegorische Darstellung eines Sterbenden, dem eine Tafel mit einem Gebet vorgehalten wird.

Frans Francken II - Der geigende Tod

Frans Francken II - Der geigende Tod

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Prozessionsfahne Gnadenstuhl und Tod Seite 2

Prozessionsfahne Gnadenstuhl und Tod Seite 2

Deutsch: Doppelseitig bemalte Prozessionsfahne mit einer Darstellung des Gnadenstuhls bzw. der Tod mit einer Sanduhr, Öl auf Leinwand, 141 x 60,5 cm, alpenländisch, 18. Jh.; Provenienz: Sammlung Reinhold Hofstä... More

Albert Pinkham Ryder - Albert Pinkham Ryder 002

Albert Pinkham Ryder - Albert Pinkham Ryder 002

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Image taken from page 48 of 'The London and Birmingham Railway, with the home and country scenes on each side of the line ... By T. Roscoe, ... assisted in the historical details by P. Lecount ... With a map, etc' (11004453455)

Image taken from page 48 of 'The London and Birmingham Railway, with t...

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Albin Egger-Lienz 002 -  The Yorck Project Masterpieces of Painting

Albin Egger-Lienz 002 - The Yorck Project Masterpieces of Painting

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Skeleton Human - Pearson Scott Foresman Archives

Skeleton Human - Pearson Scott Foresman Archives

a usually rigid supportive or protective structure or framework of human

Picryl description: Public domain image of renaissance painting, 15th-16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image of renaissance painting, 15th-...

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Fl 065 - A page from the comic book the dead lover returns

Fl 065 - A page from the comic book the dead lover returns

"The Dead Lover Returns" by Sheldon Moldoff, Worlds of Fear number 4, Fawcett Comics, May 1952.

Fl 066 - A comic strip with a cartoon of a man and a woman

Fl 066 - A comic strip with a cartoon of a man and a woman

"The Dead Lover Returns" by Sheldon Moldoff, Worlds of Fear number 4, Fawcett Comics, May 1952.

Fl 067 - A comic strip with a comic strip in the background

Fl 067 - A comic strip with a comic strip in the background

"The Dead Lover Returns" by Sheldon Moldoff, Worlds of Fear number 4, Fawcett Comics, May 1952.

Fl 068 - A comic strip with a comic strip in the background

Fl 068 - A comic strip with a comic strip in the background

"The Dead Lover Returns" by Sheldon Moldoff, Worlds of Fear number 4, Fawcett Comics, May 1952.

Fl 069 - A page from a comic strip with a car in the background

Fl 069 - A page from a comic strip with a car in the background

"The Dead Lover Returns" by Sheldon Moldoff, Worlds of Fear number 4, Fawcett Comics, May 1952.

Fl 070 - A comic strip with a comic strip in the background

Fl 070 - A comic strip with a comic strip in the background

"The Dead Lover Returns" by Sheldon Moldoff, Worlds of Fear number 4, Fawcett Comics, May 1952.

Fl 071 - A comic strip with a cartoon of a man on a boat

Fl 071 - A comic strip with a cartoon of a man on a boat

"The Dead Lover Returns" by Sheldon Moldoff, Worlds of Fear number 4, Fawcett Comics, May 1952.

Fl 072 - A comic strip with a cartoon of a man and a woman

Fl 072 - A comic strip with a cartoon of a man and a woman

"The Dead Lover Returns" by Sheldon Moldoff, Worlds of Fear number 4, Fawcett Comics, May 1952.

Fl 073 - A page from a comic book

Fl 073 - A page from a comic book

"The Dead Lover Returns" by Sheldon Moldoff, Worlds of Fear number 4, Fawcett Comics, May 1952.

Fl 074 - A comic strip with a woman driving a car

Fl 074 - A comic strip with a woman driving a car

"The Dead Lover Returns" by Sheldon Moldoff, Worlds of Fear number 4, Fawcett Comics, May 1952.

Fleshless - A black and white comic page with a man on a motorcycle

Fleshless - A black and white comic page with a man on a motorcycle

"The Fleshless Ones" by Sheldon Moldoff, Worlds of Fear number 10, Fawcett Comics, June 1953.

House on Haunted Hill - Public domain movie poster

House on Haunted Hill - Public domain movie poster

Advertising poster for the film House on Haunted Hill (1958) Public domain photograph of human skeleton, death, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Poster for The Screaming Skull - Public domain movie poster

Poster for The Screaming Skull - Public domain movie poster

Film poster for the 1958 film The Screaming Skull Public domain photograph of human skeleton, death, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

This Magazine Is Haunted 5 Fawcett

This Magazine Is Haunted 5 Fawcett

Cover of This Magazine is Haunted # 5, published by published by Fawcett Comics (June 1952). Artwork by Sheldon Moldoff.

Offizium des Todes in franz. Stundenbuch, um 1490, Privatsammlung — uploaded by Mattes 2022

Offizium des Todes in franz. Stundenbuch, um 1490, Privatsammlung — up...

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Vesalius 164frc

Vesalius 164frc

Public domain scan domain photograph of 15th-16th-century anatomical atlas, illustration, print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vesalius Fabrica p164 - A drawing of a skeleton with a baseball in his hand

Vesalius Fabrica p164 - A drawing of a skeleton with a baseball in his...

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Emil Orlik Fiedelnder Tod und Malerin

Emil Orlik Fiedelnder Tod und Malerin

Fiedelnder Tod und Malerin. Schwarze und farbige Kreiden auf chamoisfarbenem Velin. 49,8 x 36,8 cm; um 1910.

Caron Allegorie des Krieges. Painting, 16th century.

Caron Allegorie des Krieges. Painting, 16th century.

German: Allegorie des Kriegestitle QS:P1476,de:"Allegorie des Krieges" label QS:Lde,"Allegorie des Krieges"

Hexentanz in Ruinenarchitektur 18 Jh

Hexentanz in Ruinenarchitektur 18 Jh

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Jules Pascin Und dann setzt man sich zu Tische

Jules Pascin Und dann setzt man sich zu Tische

Und dann setzt man sich zu Tische. Public domain photograph of human skeleton, death, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

1529 Cranach Allegorie auf Gesetz und Gnade anagoria

1529 Cranach Allegorie auf Gesetz und Gnade anagoria

Allegory of Law and Grace. Painting on beech, later sawn into two panels. This Lutheran allegory teaches how the salvation of mankind is attained through the grace of God. On the left Death and the Devil drive ... More

Skeleton reading. Unidentified engraver, 18th century

Skeleton reading. Unidentified engraver, 18th century

Copperplate originally in Jacques Gamelin: Nouveau reueil d'ostéologie et de myologie, dessiné d'après nature..., Toulouse 1779.Svenska: Kopparstick ursprungligen i Jacques Gamelin: Nouveau reueil d'ostéologi... More

Bolschewismus ist Sklaverei Vergewaltigung Massenmord Vernichtung WEHRT EUCH!

Bolschewismus ist Sklaverei Vergewaltigung Massenmord Vernichtung WEHR...

A Soviet skeleton wielding a chaingun walks on a pile of skulls partially obscured by a red curtian. The message reads, ‘Bolshevism is slavery, rape, mass murder, destruction! Defend yourselves! Fight until vi... More

Houghton Typ 515.86.440 - Jacques Guillemeau, Tables anatomiques

Houghton Typ 515.86.440 - Jacques Guillemeau, Tables anatomiques

Illustration from Tables anatomiques, avec les pourtraicts et declaration d’iceulx, 1586, by Jacques Guillemeau (ca. 1530-1613). Typ 515.86.440, Houghton Library, Harvard University

1906. Вампир (журнал) №1 Рисунок Б Кустодиева

1906. Вампир (журнал) №1 Рисунок Б Кустодиева

Русский: 1905. Жупел №2. Рисунок Б. Кустодиева English: Bugaboo of Revolution. Drawing by Boris Kustodiev, 1905

Вступление. 1905 год. Москва (журнальный вариант)

Вступление. 1905 год. Москва (журнальный вариант)

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Вступление. 1905 год. Москва - Drawing. Public domain image.

Вступление. 1905 год. Москва - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Жупел революции - Public domain  drawing

Жупел революции - Public domain drawing

Русский: Москва. Вступление. Рисунок Б. Кустодиева из журнала «Вампир», 1906 г. [1]English: Bugaboo of Revolution. Drawing by Boris Kustodiev, 1905

Карикатура из дореволюционного журнала (2)

Карикатура из дореволюционного журнала (2)

Русский: Карикатура из дореволюционного журнала - изначально "Жупел", позднее опубликовано также в журнале "Вампир"English: Bugaboo of Revolution. Drawing by Boris Kustodiev, 1905

Fridolin Leiber - Die zwei Wege

Fridolin Leiber - Die zwei Wege

Deutsch: Die zwei Wege. Chromolithographie English: Sober industriousness leads to prosperity and honored old age, drunkenness leads to broken family life and prison.

Le Rêve Macabre. 17th century painting

Le Rêve Macabre. 17th century painting

Painting in a French chateau from the 17th century. Artist unknown.

Sopronplebszit - A cross stitch picture of a skeleton playing a violin

Sopronplebszit - A cross stitch picture of a skeleton playing a violin

hu: sopronplebiszit de: Volksabstimmung 1921, Text: "Trautet nicht den schmeichelnden Liedern! Stimmt deutsch!"

MNAAG Citipati Tibet 13012019

MNAAG Citipati Tibet 13012019

Français : Citipati, détrempe sur toile, Tibet, 18ème siècle ( détail ). MNAAG ( Musée National des Arts Asiatiques Guimet ), numéro d'inventaire MA 5224.

Adam and Eve

Adam and Eve

Beham, (Hans) Sebald (1500-1550): Adam und Eva/Adam and Eve. Kupferstich/engraving, 1543. Ca. 8,2 : 5,6 cm. Bartsch 6; Pauli 7/III (von V); Hollstein 7. Ausgezeichneter, bis in alle Details klar zeichnender Abd... More

Beham, Barthel — Veritas — 1540. Painting, 16th century.

Beham, Barthel — Veritas — 1540. Painting, 16th century.

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Zurich, Arnold Böcklin Krieg 1896

Zurich, Arnold Böcklin Krieg 1896

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Death Comes to the Banquet Table - Memento Mori - Martinelli NOMA

Death Comes to the Banquet Table - Memento Mori - Martinelli NOMA

Death Comes to the Banquet Table (Memento Mori) Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Allegory of the Birth of Frederik Hendrik c1650 Caesar van Everdingen

Allegory of the Birth of Frederik Hendrik c1650 Caesar van Everdingen

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The birth of Frederik Hendrik, by Caesar van Everdingen

The birth of Frederik Hendrik, by Caesar van Everdingen

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Familia de esqueletos (José López Enguídanos, MRABASF 78) 01

Familia de esqueletos (José López Enguídanos, MRABASF 78) 01

My beautiful picture Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frans Francken (II) - Death playing the violin

Frans Francken (II) - Death playing the violin

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Frans Francken (II) - Mankind's Eternal Dilemma – The Choice Between Virtue and Vice

Frans Francken (II) - Mankind's Eternal Dilemma – The Choice Between V...

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Govard Bidloo t87 - Public domain  engraving

Govard Bidloo t87 - Public domain engraving

Ontleding des menschelyken lichaams... Amsterdam, 1690. Copperplate engraving with etching. National Library of Medicine. Portrait of Govard Bidloo (1649-1713) by the artist Gérard de Lairesse (1640-1711). Fur... More

Hogarth-Satan-Sin-and-Death - Public domain weapon painting

Hogarth-Satan-Sin-and-Death - Public domain weapon painting

Hogarth depicts Satan as a warrior, Sin as a Woman, and Death as a Skeleton.

Jan Brueghel Triumph des Todes - coin, public domain photograph

Jan Brueghel Triumph des Todes - coin, public domain photograph

The Triumph of Death Deutsch: Triumph des Todes detail Public domain photograph of 16th-century painting, renaissance or mannerist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joseph Wright of Derby. The Old Man and Death. exhibited 1774

Joseph Wright of Derby. The Old Man and Death. exhibited 1774

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La Vengeance des fils d'Antar

La Vengeance des fils d'Antar

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Memento mori painting by Carstian Luyckx

Memento mori painting by Carstian Luyckx

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1897-10-30, La Campana de Gracia, Las víctimas de Cuba

1897-10-30, La Campana de Gracia, Las víctimas de Cuba

Català: Las víctimas de Cuba. Public domain photograph of human skeleton, death, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

1901-11-02, La Campana de Gracia, ¡Sempre puntual!, Apeles Mestres

1901-11-02, La Campana de Gracia, ¡Sempre puntual!, Apeles Mestres

Català: ¡Sempre puntual! ¿no 'm demanavan? Aquí 'm tenen. Public domain photograph of human skeleton, death, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

1902-10-31, La Campana de Gracia, La cayguda de la fulla, Miró

1902-10-31, La Campana de Gracia, La cayguda de la fulla, Miró

Català: La cayguda de la fulla. Public domain photograph of human skeleton, death, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Demonio, no contaba yo con este Lázaro

Demonio, no contaba yo con este Lázaro

Español: ¡Demonio! ¡no contaba yo con este Lázaro!, en la revista satírica española Gil Blas.

Vina, vina, Francisquet, de Pellicer Montseny, La Campana de Gràcia, 31 de octubre de 1903

Vina, vina, Francisquet, de Pellicer Montseny, La Campana de Gràcia, 3...

Español: Portada. Public domain photograph of human skeleton, death, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Physically fit-Glintenkamp

Physically fit-Glintenkamp

Physically Fit, a political cartoon by Henry Glintenkamp 1917. Medium: crayon and India ink on board. Dimensions: 53.3 x 41.9 cm.

Jekyl & Hyde Club W44 jeh

Jekyl & Hyde Club W44 jeh

Looking south at new location of restaurant.

Joseph Sattler, Die Grenze - Drawing. Public domain image.

Joseph Sattler, Die Grenze - Drawing. Public domain image.

The Border (or The Limit) Français : La Frontière ( ou La Limite ) Crayon, lavis de gouache et aquarelle sur papier vélin Don de l’artiste en 1920

'Triumph des Todes (Die Gerippe spielen zum Tanz)', 1944 by Felix Nussbaum

'Triumph des Todes (Die Gerippe spielen zum Tanz)', 1944 by Felix Nuss...

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Scholar at his desk, Jan Steen, c. 1668-1669, oil on oak, 46.5 by 42.5 cm, National Gallery in Prague

Scholar at his desk, Jan Steen, c. 1668-1669, oil on oak, 46.5 by 42.5...

Scholar at his desk, oil on oak, 46.5 by 42.5 cm, National Gallery in Prague

Arnold Böcklin Der Krieg
Hans Baldung Grien - Death chases a Maiden

Hans Baldung Grien - Death chases a Maiden

Deutsch: "Der Tod verfolgt ein Mädchen", Gemälde von Hans Baldung Public domain scan of 16th century artwork depicting a person and landscape background, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl ... More

Costa-death-bentivoglio. Painting, 15th century

Costa-death-bentivoglio. Painting, 15th century

This panel in the Bentivoglio Chapel, Bologna, shows the Petrarchian triumph of Death. Members of the patron's family are integrated into the scene. Tempera on Canvas.

Don quijote, Jose Guadalupe Posada

Don quijote, Jose Guadalupe Posada

Don Quixote, shown as a skeleton Public domain photograph of human skeleton, death, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alessandro Magnasco - Sacrilegious Robbery - WGA13856

Alessandro Magnasco - Sacrilegious Robbery - WGA13856

Public domain photo of an Italian art painting, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Allegory of the Redemption. 17th century painting

Allegory of the Redemption. 17th century painting

Allegory of the Redemption Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bidloo Ontleding 1690 87

Bidloo Ontleding 1690 87

Bidloo, Govard (1649-1713): Ontleding des menschelyken lichaams Amsterdam, 1690. (= dutch language edition of Anatomia humani corporis, 1685)

Bidloo Ontleding 1690 88 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Bidloo Ontleding 1690 88 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Bidloo, Govard (1649-1713): Ontleding des menschelyken lichaams Amsterdam, 1690. (= dutch language edition of Anatomia humani corporis, 1685)

Die truckene Trunkenheit - Public domain scan / engraving

Die truckene Trunkenheit - Public domain scan / engraving

Engraving from Jakob Balde's Die truckene Trunkenheit ("The Dry Drunkenness"), Nuremberg, 1658.

Frans Francken II Der geigende Tod

Frans Francken II Der geigende Tod

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Ignacio de Ries El Arbol de la Vida

Ignacio de Ries El Arbol de la Vida

Español: La obra representa El Árbol de la Vida, y a la derecha aparece Jesucristo y a la izquierda un esqueleto como símbolo de la muerte.

Luo, Pin — Geisterbelustigung — 18. Jhd, Qing Dynasty

Luo, Pin — Geisterbelustigung — 18. Jhd, Qing Dynasty

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Maastricht Book of Hours, BL Stowe MS17 f200r (detail)

Maastricht Book of Hours, BL Stowe MS17 f200r (detail)

Detail of the Maastricht Book of Hours (BL Stowe MS17), an illuminated manuscript mainly known for its lively depictions of animals and half-animals. The book of hours was probably made for an aristocratic lad... More

Mitsukuni defying the skeleton spectre invoked by princess Takiyasha

Mitsukuni defying the skeleton spectre invoked by princess Takiyasha

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Mitsukuni defying the skeleton spectre invoked by princess Takiyasha (cropped)

Mitsukuni defying the skeleton spectre invoked by princess Takiyasha (...

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder - The Triumph of Death (detail) - WGA3395

Pieter Bruegel the Elder - The Triumph of Death (detail) - WGA3395

detail Public domain photograph of 16th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vanitas Flandern 17Jh. 17th century painting

Vanitas Flandern 17Jh. 17th century painting

Vanitas-Darstellung. Flandern, 17. Jahrhundert. Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Carstian Luyckx - Vanitas Still Life with Musical Instruments, Sheet Music, Books, a Skeleton, Skulls and Armour

Carstian Luyckx - Vanitas Still Life with Musical Instruments, Sheet M...

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Mechel - Die Alte - A drawing of a skeleton and a woman

Mechel - Die Alte - A drawing of a skeleton and a woman

Die Alte. Public domain photograph of human skeleton, death, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vanite-macabre-1948 - Public domain  drawing

Vanite-macabre-1948 - Public domain drawing

Public domain scan of 17th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Walking Skeleton LACMA M.91.250.119

Walking Skeleton LACMA M.91.250.119

Japan, early 19th century Costumes; Accessories Narwhal tusk with staining, sumi 3 5/8 x 1 1/4 x 13/16 in. (9.2 x 3.1 x 2.0 cm) Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection (M.91.250.119) Japanese Art

Innsbruck 2 335

Innsbruck 2 335

Tödlein [Small Death] in Schloss Ambras Innsbruck, Austria. Attributed to Hans Leinberger; in the inventory of 1596.

Toulouse - Pont de Banlève - 20110818 (1)

Toulouse - Pont de Banlève - 20110818 (1)

Français : Toulouse (Haute-Garonne, France) - Graffiti au pont de Banlève.

The Proposal (8471556410)

The Proposal (8471556410)

Description: 'The Proposal. I'll love you while Life Lasts' - Photograph of two skeletons, one sitting and one kneeling. Date: 1896 Our Catalogue Reference: COPY 1/424/1039 This image is from the collections of... More

Cheselden t36 prayer - Public domain portrait drawing

Cheselden t36 prayer - Public domain portrait drawing

Human skeleton kneeling in prayer (plate 36). Public domain photograph of zoological drawing, animal anatomy, skeleton, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Thomas Nast communist skeleton cartoon 1880

Thomas Nast communist skeleton cartoon 1880

An 1880 political cartoon criticizing the California Constitution.

Cheselden t33

Cheselden t33

Plate XXXIII of en:William Cheselden's Osteographia, NLM.