Plague allegory
An allegorical depiction of the plague in the 16th century. Death is depicted as an archer, indiscriminately shooting down men, women, children and even an unfortunate stag. A man in an extravagent feathered hat falls to the ground, whilst a curious rabbit watches from behind a tree
Picture No
10431186
Media ID
46641958
Size
1842px x 2275px
(2.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library/Interfoto Agentur
Source
Unattributed woodcut
Date
1514
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1514 Allegorical Archer Arrows Curious Depiction Differences Diseases Epidemic Epidemics Extravagent Indiscriminately Pandemic Pandemics Plague Stag
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