Death with a bow and an arrow in its hands 16th century

This color drawing on parchment by an anonymous master of the beginning of the 16th century, shows Death with a bow and an arrow in its hands, his arm are outstreched in a gesture of triumph over mankind. At its sides strand a man and a woman, half naked. At its feet lie pell-mell some clerics and laymen, as some, representative of arts and sciences - pope, cardinal, bishop, abbot and priest; emperor, king, count, gentleman, soldier and peasant; scientist, usurer, painter, musician and child.

La Mort dans l'Art