Image of Death (Imago Mortis), from the Nuremberg Chronicle

Image of Death (Imago Mortis), from the Nuremberg Chronicle

c. 1493 · Germany

Handcolored woodcut in black on cream laid paper

Art Institute of Chicago · Medieval (500–1500) · CC0 · Joseph Brooks Fair Fund

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