BRUEGEL, Pieter the Elder
(b. ca. 1525, Brogel, d. 1569, Brussel)

The Triumph of Death (detail)

c. 1562
Oil on panel
Museo del Prado, Madrid

It is pointless to draw one's sword against Death or to hide from him under the table; lovesongs are as useless as card games and earthly goods.




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