Death and illness

By Courbet, G. - A burial at Ornans (France)

By Courbet, G. – A burial at Ornans (France)

By David, J. L. - Sarcophagus

By David, J. L. – Sarcophagus

By Casolani, A. -  A female figure holds a skull

By Casolani, A. – A female figure holds a skull

By Delaroche, Paul - The execution of lady Jane Grey

By Delaroche, Paul – The execution of lady Jane Grey

By Munch - The artist himself during the affliction on his vision

By Munch – The artist himself during the affliction on his vision

By Kollwitz, Käthe - Woman with dead child, lying

By Kollwitz, Käthe – Woman with dead child, lying

By Bodinier, Guillaume - Nun on her deathbed

By Bodinier, Guillaume – Nun on her deathbed

By Aelst, Willem van - Still-life with armour

By Aelst, Willem van – Still-life with armour

By Pucelle, J. - Book of the french Queen Jeanne d'Evreux (detail)

By Pucelle, J. – Book of the french Queen Jeanne d’Evreux (detail)

By Sant'Elia, A. - Design for the cemetery at Monza in Italy

By Sant’Elia, A. – Design for the cemetery at Monza in Italy

By Carracci - Depiction of a hanging's scene

By Carracci – Depiction of a hanging’s scene

By Rembrandt - The Skeleton Rider

By Rembrandt – The Skeleton Rider

By Dix, Otto - Church and cemetery in Thieschitz in Germany

By Dix, Otto – Church and cemetery in Thieschitz in Germany

By Munch - Another view in the chamber

By Munch – Another view in the chamber

By Rowlandson - Scene preparing the coffin

By Rowlandson – Scene preparing the coffin

By Kollwitz, Käthe - An old woman with children, shake her hand with the death

By Kollwitz, Käthe – An old woman with children, shake her hand with the death

By Goya - They are next to die

By Goya – They are next to die

By Urgell, M. - Unknown title

By Urgell, M. – Unknown title

By Cades, Giuseppe - 'Father Time'

By Cades, Giuseppe – ‘Father Time’

By Daumier - Figure studies with scythe

By Daumier – Figure studies with scythe

By Gérôme, J. L. - The dead Caesar

By Gérôme, J. L. – The dead Caesar

By Ward, James - A human skeleton

By Ward, James – A human skeleton

By Botticelli - Depiction of the hell for the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri

By Botticelli – Depiction of the hell for the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri

By Dürer - The death with the skull and the winged helmet

By Dürer – The death with the skull and the winged helmet

By Ligozzi -  Death cracks his scythe between children

By Ligozzi – Death cracks his scythe between children

By Altdorfer, A. - Marcus Curtius about to sacrifice himself

By Altdorfer, A. – Marcus Curtius about to sacrifice himself

By Memling, Hans - 'Morieris'. ('You will die')

By Memling, Hans – ‘Morieris’. (‘You will die’)

By Guercino - Tobias burying the dead

By Guercino – Tobias burying the dead

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