Death and the Miser
Hieronymus Bosch
c. 1485/1490
Death and the Miser is a Northern Renaissance painting produced between 1490 and 1516 by the Dutch artist Hieronymus Bosch. The piece was originally part of a triptych, but the center piece is missing. It is a memento mori painting, which is meant to remind the viewer of the inevitability of death and the futility of the pursuit of material wealth, illustrating the sin of greed.
There is still debate about the exact symbolism of the man and the objects in the foreground.
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