Dying Collection (page 9)

The basilical church. Exterior. Facade. Left entrance porch. Paolo de Colonia. The door. Bronze. Detail. Death of Mary
6267943 The basilical church. Exterior. Facade. Left entrance porch. Paolo de Colonia. The door. Bronze. Detail. Death of Mary. 15th century

Christ and the Virgin ministering to the damned. Triptych, c. 1505-30 (oil on panel)
7340970 Christ and the Virgin ministering to the damned.Triptych, c.1505-30 (oil on panel) by Master of the Antwerp Adoration

Last Honours tot the Dukes Egmont and Horne, 1851
7337433 Last Honours tot the Dukes Egmont and Horne, 1851 by Gallait, Louis (1810-87); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Tournai, Belgium; (add.info)

The Lamentation, c. 1500 (oil on panel)
7332575 The Lamentation, c.1500 (oil on panel) by Goes, Hugo van der (c.1440-82); Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, Belgium; (add.info.: Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Oost-Vlaanderen)

Honour to the Heros of Colonial Expansion, front cover of an illustrated supplement to Le Petit Journal
CHT189320 Honour to the Heros of Colonial Expansion, front cover of an illustrated supplement to Le Petit Journal, 6th March 1910 (colour litho) by Jones, Thomas (1742-1803) & Mortimer

Sinking Life
I have always been in love with nature. But I soon realized that the camera couldn't show what my eyes saw. This image and its painterly look better represent my mood

The Last Communion of Francis of Assisi, 1619 (oil on panel)
471187 The Last Communion of Francis of Assisi, 1619 (oil on panel) by Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640); 422x266 cm; Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium; © Art in Flanders

Head of an Old Man (study) 1882 (oil on canvas)
LAF470972 Head of an Old Man (study) 1882 (oil on canvas) by Toorop, Jan Theodore (1858-1928); 19.8x28.5 cm; Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, Belgium; © Art in Flanders

The Death of Peter Paul Rubens, 1827 (oil on canvas)
471359 The Death of Peter Paul Rubens, 1827 (oil on canvas) by Bree, Mathieu Ignace van (1773-1839); 290x363 cm; Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp

The Death of Belisarius Wife (oil on canvas)
490136 The Death of Belisarius Wife (oil on canvas) by Kinsoen, Francois-Joseph (1771-1839); Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium; (add.info)

Detail of Death of the Virgin (oil on panel)
490096 Detail of Death of the Virgin (oil on panel) by Goes, Hugo van der (c.1440-82); Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium; (add.info.: See also 490095.); © Art in Flanders

My Ill Grandfather, 1894 (oil on canvas)
471244 My Ill Grandfather, 1894 (oil on canvas) by Evenepoel, Henri Jacques Edouard (1872-99); 17x27 cm; Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium; © Art in Flanders

Mary Magdalene. 1887 (oil on canvas)
LAF470965 Mary Magdalene. 1887 (oil on canvas) by Stevens, Alfred Emile (1823-1906); 111.8x77.3 cm; Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent

Christ on the Cross (oil on canvas)
471137 Christ on the Cross (oil on canvas) by Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640); 221x121 cm; Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium; © Art in Flanders

The Painter Michelangelo at the Deathbed of Vittoria Colonna (oil on canvas)
471351 The Painter Michelangelo at the Deathbed of Vittoria Colonna (oil on canvas) by Keyser, Nicaise de (1813-87); 57.5x70.5 cm; Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp

Death of the Virgin (oil on panel)
490095 Death of the Virgin (oil on panel) by Goes, Hugo van der (c.1440-82); 147.8x122.5 cm; Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium; © Art in Flanders

Cleopatra Testing Out Poison on Condemned Prisoners, 1887 (oil on canvas)
3470265 Cleopatra Testing Out Poison on Condemned Prisoners, 1887 (oil on canvas) by Cabanel, Alexandre (1823-89); 165x290 cm; Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp

The Death of Marcus Licinius Crassus (oil on panel)
489969 The Death of Marcus Licinius Crassus (oil on panel) by Blondeel, Lancelot (c.1495-c.1561); 70.9x56.6 cm; Groeningemuseum, Bruges

Noe sends a dove to the earth - Illustration by Gustave Dore for The Bible - deluge - ark
PCT4285001 Noe sends a dove to the earth - Illustration by Gustave Dore for The Bible - deluge - ark - by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); (add.info)

A young maid committed suicide by throwing herself into the bear den in Frankfurt am Main, 1891 (engraving)
7315363 A young maid committed suicide by throwing herself into the bear den in Frankfurt am Main, 1891 (engraving) by Meaulle, Fortune Louis (1844-1901) & Meyer

The Dead Christ with Angels, c. 1580 (oil on canvas)
XOS5887446 The Dead Christ with Angels, c. 1580 (oil on canvas) by Bassano, Leandro da Ponte (1557-1622); 157x129.5 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: by Bassano)

Plaster Casts of Bodies, Pompeii, c. 1875 (albumen print from glass negative)
7316779 Plaster Casts of Bodies, Pompeii, c.1875 (albumen print from glass negative) by Sommer, Giorgio (1834-1914); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Battle of Waterloo (1815): "The guard dies but does not surrender", Cambronne, 1896 (illustration)
7304522 Battle of Waterloo (1815): "The guard dies but does not surrender", Cambronne, 1896 (illustration) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville

Battle of Froeschwiller-Woerth (1870) Cuirassiers tomb, 1896 (illustration)
7304514 Battle of Froeschwiller-Woerth (1870) Cuirassiers tomb, 1896 (illustration) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville

The Fool Safe From Death, 1660-86 (brush and Indian ink on paper)
7308500 The Fool Safe From Death, 1660-86 (brush and Indian ink on paper) by Stettler, Wilhelm (1643-1708); 11.5x10.5 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

The meeting of Wellington and Blucher after the battle of Waterloo, 1861 (waterglass on plaster)
7305243 The meeting of Wellington and Blucher after the battle of Waterloo, 1861 (waterglass on plaster) by Maclise, Daniel (Croquis, Alfred) (1806-70); 368.3x1392 cm; Palace of Westminster, London

Vanitas Allegory: Death and a young woman, 1801-1900 (pen and black ink with touches of white body colour on paper)
7308244 Vanitas Allegory: Death and a young woman, 1801-1900 (pen and black ink with touches of white body colour on paper) by British School, (19th century); 22x16.5 cm; Ashmolean Museum

German soldiers asphyxiated by poison gas deployed by them against the Russians but blown back into their own trenches
6000321 German soldiers asphyxiated by poison gas deployed by them against the Russians but blown back into their own trenches by the wind, World War I, 1915 (colour litho) by Damblans

The Fool Hoping For Inheritance, 1660-86 (brush and Indian ink on paper)
7308517 The Fool Hoping For Inheritance, 1660-86 (brush and Indian ink on paper) by Stettler, Wilhelm (1643-1708); 11.5x10.5 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

The Fool Who Does Not Turn To Another's Death, 1660-86 (brush and Indian ink on paper)
7308387 The Fool Who Does Not Turn To Another's Death, 1660-86 (brush and Indian ink on paper) by Stettler, Wilhelm (1643-1708); 11.5x10.5 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Rioters (maillotins) refusing to pay a tax on food are thrown into the Seine (1382), 1896 (Illustration)
7304381 Rioters (maillotins) refusing to pay a tax on food are thrown into the Seine (1382), 1896 (Illustration) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville

Battle of Legnano, 29 May 1176, c. 1860 (oil on canvas)
884879 Battle of Legnano, 29 May 1176, c.1860 (oil on canvas) by Cassioli, Amos (1832-1891); Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Tuscany

The Battle of Palestro fought in 1859 (oil on canvas)
884846 The Battle of Palestro fought in 1859 (oil on canvas) by Lapi, Emilio (1814-1898); Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Tuscany

She covers the whole country, 1904 (pencil, w/c, charcoal & crayon)
7305589 She covers the whole country, 1904 (pencil, w/c, charcoal & crayon) by Kittelsen, Theodor Severin (1857-1914); 65x52 cm; Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo

Marquis de Champalaune "Well what are my children? Of the cannon! Well
7304536 Marquis de Champalaune "Well what are my children? Of the cannon! Well! It kills, it kills, that's all", 1896 (illustration) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville

Dormitio Virginis, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Anthony of Padua, 1333 (tempera on panel)
7292553 Dormitio Virginis, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Anthony of Padua, 1333 (tempera on panel) by Veneziano, Paolo (fl.1333-62); Museo Civico Palazzo Chiericati, Vicenza

Animals stricken by cattle plague. Rinderpest
7301602 Animals stricken by cattle plague. Rinderpest. by Leslie, Frank (1821-80); Private Collection; (add.info.: Members of the New York Board of Health examine animals stricken by cattle plague)

the death of Baudin on the barricades, 1902 (oil on canvas)
1741745 the death of Baudin on the barricades, 1902 (oil on canvas) by Laurens, Jean-Paul (1838-1921) ; 150, 5x116 cm; Maison de Victor Hugo, Paris

Picture series Tannhaeuser, Tannhaeuser dies converted, Liebig picture
7277908 Picture series Tannhaeuser, Tannhaeuser dies converted, Liebig picture by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Picture series Tannhaeuser)

The Death of Balduin I. Crusades were strategically
7279745 The Death of Balduin I. Crusades were strategically by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Death of Balduin I)

The war widow has received the remains of her deceased man, 1886, History
7279707 The war widow has received the remains of her deceased man, 1886, History by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Seven Years'War, between 1756 and 1763, Kurt Christoph
7279645 Seven Years War, between 1756 and 1763, Kurt Christoph by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Seven Years War, between 1756 and 1763, Kurt Christoph)

Edith Swannesha, Edith the fair
7278821 Edith Swannesha, Edith the fair by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Edith Swannesha, Edith the fair)

Pilgrimage procession on the Muerzsteg to the dead woman, 1888, Muerztal, Styria, Austria, History
7279891 Pilgrimage procession on the Muerzsteg to the dead woman, 1888, Muerztal, Styria, Austria, History by Unknown Artist

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"Dying: A Journey Through Time and Sacrifice" In the depths of history, we bid farewell to an era. Goodbye, Old Man, a poignant tribute captured by Fortunio Matania in 1922, reminds us of the somber toll war takes on our souls. The image of a soldier and his loyal horse during World War I speaks volumes about the sacrifices made on the battlefield. Centuries earlier, a young woman's final moments were immortalized on canvas in Young Woman on her Death Bed (1621). This haunting painting serves as a reminder that death spares no one; it comes for all regardless of age or station. Sometimes, dying becomes an act of defiance against injustice. Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc set himself ablaze at an intersection in Saigon in 1963 to protest President Ngo Dinh Diem's oppressive measures. Malcolm Browne's photograph captures this self-immolation—a chilling symbol of resistance against tyranny. The Great Sacrifice depicted by James Clark from WWI showcases soldiers laying down their lives for their countries' sake. Their bravery echoes through time as they face death head-on with unwavering resolve. But not all deaths are born out of conflict or rebellion; some belong to artists who leave behind legacies that transcend mortality itself. Anna Pavlova's ethereal grace continues to captivate audiences even after her passing—an eternal dance with death. In The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar (1789), John Trumbull depicts soldiers fighting valiantly until their last breaths defending their fortress—a testament to human resilience when faced with impending doom. Death can also be personified as an assassin lurking in every corner. In Death as Assassin (1851), wood engravings depict its relentless pursuit—reminding us that life is fleeting and unpredictable. Yet amidst these dark portrayals lies hope and tenderness—the delicate balance between life and death. The Young Girl and Death (c.