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The Miser. Depiction of a rich man who has locked

The Miser. Depiction of a rich man who has locked himself in a room with barred windows. Coins, chests and bags of money all around him. A skeleton is trying to take coins from the table, being rebuked by the man who does not seem to be afraid of it. Facsimile of an engraving belonging to the series The Dance of Death by Hans Holbein the Younger, in Les Simulachres et Histoires facees de la Mort, 1538. Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance. Paris, 1877

Picture No
14032838
Media ID
47862926
Size
3526px x 5197px (11.4MB)
Credit
© Thaliastock / Mary Evans
Source
Private collection - Thaliastock

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1538 1877 Afraid Allegorical Avarice Bags Barred Belonging Chests Coin Coins Danse Depiction Does Facees Facsimile Histoires Holbein Imageries Lepoque Locked Macabre Militaire Miser Moneybag Mort Mortis Moyen Pincher Pouch Protected Rebuked Religieuse Richness Scolding Seem Simulachres Sixteenth Usurer Usury Wealth


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