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Colored woodcut of a seated rich man in a fur-trimmed robe, with a skeleton Death in a niche, a clock, hourglass, coffin and skull.

The Rich Man and Death

A seated, richly dressed man in a fur-trimmed robe contemplates his wealth in a study, while a skeleton, Death, stands in an arched niche at upper right. Clocks, an hourglass, a coffin and a skull surround him in this colored woodcut, with Dutch blackletter text above and below.

Artist
Monogrammist AI (16e eeuw) (mentioned on object)
Date
1553
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
2731 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1553.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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