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Memento Mori; German, 18th century

The first image depicting a skull which is inscribed in Old German – the text of Job 14:5 Man’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.

The second painting depciting a seated skeleton with an hourglass with the inscription from Job 17:14 If I say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’