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Joos van Craesbeeck, The Temptation of St. Anthony. c. 1650.

#flemish #art #painting #st. anthony #17th century #sin #temptation

Peter Paul Rubens, Head of Medusa. c. 1617-18.

#rubens #medusa #17th century #art #painting #grisly

Gustav Doré, Illustration for Miguel Cervantes’ Don Quixote, 1863.

#illustration #gustav dore #don quixote #19th century #demons

Hey guys, my apologies for the long hiatus (grad school) but I’m back now and ready to keep your dashboards filled with the macabre. Let’s start off with Death and the Miser, Hieronymous Bosch, c 1494–1516.

#death #bosch #macabre #i'mback

Johannes Sadeler, “Hell.” 1590

#engraving #art #16th century #hell #death

Agostino Musi, “The Carcass (The Witches Procession).” c. 1520–1527

#engraving #16th century #art #witches #death

Cornelis Galle I, Lucifer. 1595

#satan #lucifer #illustration #medieval #manuscript #16th century #art

Memento Mori watch owned by Mary, Queen of Scots. 16th century. Engraved along the base of the skull is a verse from Horace: "Pale death visits with impartial foot the cottages of the poor and the castles of the rich."

#skull #death #memento mori #16th century #art

Silver cased verge watch in the form of a human skull. 1655-1665.

The inscription reads "vita fugitur, aesterna respice, caduca despice, incertita hora." (life is fleeting, look upon eternity, look down on a fallen thing, the hour of death is uncertain)

#skull #watch #art #17th century #memento mori

Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia, prima cantica : Inferno. Con l’Ottimo Commento. 15th century. Illuminated by Bartolomeo di Fruosino and his atelier.

#dante #inferno #divine comedy #hell #medieval #art #15th century #manuscript

Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia, prima cantica : Inferno. Con l’Ottimo Commento. 15th century. Illuminated by Bartolomeo di Fruosino and his atelier.

#dante #inferno #divine comedy #hell #medieval #manuscript #art #15th century