Author: David, Jan, 1545?-1613
Image Title: Death
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Description: Death, holding a scythe and wearing a crown and a winged hourglass, stands atop a mound of the dead under a banner that reads, "Death equalizes the scepter by the scythe." The Latin superscription reads, "It is appointed to man, to die once, Haebr. 9 (Hebrews 9:27)," and the text below, "What adheres to all mortals, fixed and fast? The remainder of his days: and an ineluctable fate.
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