Axial Commons Image Treasury
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.

De rijke man en de Dood

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
Download full size
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

Español: El hombre rico y la Muerte

Un hombre sentado, con una túnica ricamente vestida y ribeteada de piel, contempla sus riquezas en un estudio, mientras un esqueleto, la Muerte, aparece en un nicho arqueado a la derecha. Relojes, un reloj de arena, un ataúd y una calavera rodean la escena en este grabado en madera coloreado, con texto en gótica holandesa arriba y abajo.

Português: O homem rico e a Morte

Um homem sentado, com roupas ricas e manto debruado de pele, contempla suas riquezas em um estúdio, enquanto um esqueleto, a Morte, surge em um nicho em arco à direita. Relógios, uma ampulheta, um caixão e uma caveira cercam a cena nesta xilogravura colorida, com texto em gótica holandesa acima e abaixo.

More from Vanitas and Memento Mori

Painting of a musical company: a young woman reading at a table, a turbaned man playing a viol, a young man with a harp, and an older woman in shadow behind them.Musical CompanyWood engraving of a man reclining in a carved chair, facing a standing skeleton beside a table with books and a lantern in a paneled room.A jester contemplates a skeleton. Wood engraving after Paul Stade, 1884.Etching of a nude man suspended horizontally beside a standing nude woman, with a huge horned goat, two cats, a skull and a pot below.A couple hovering off the ground being observed by a huge goat with two cats. Etching by FPainting of a bald, bearded old man reading at a stone table in a rocky arch, with a skull, a lion at lower right, and a distant landscape.St JeromeEngraving of a melancholic figure in draped robes leaning on a skull beside an armillary sphere, with an open book and a dog in the foreground.Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux desseins qui Hand-colored 1816 aquatint of an apothecary shop with jars, a crowd at left, a skeleton at right, and a seated man in a hat.The dance of death: the apothecary. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.