MAKE A MEME View Large Image Court-of-death-peale-1820.jpg en The Court of Death was based on a poem from 1772 Death A Poetical Essay by Anglican Bishop Beilby Porteus The figures in the monumental painting were life-size Death is surrounded by personifications ...
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Keywords: Court-of-death-peale-1820.jpg en The Court of Death was based on a poem from 1772 Death A Poetical Essay by Anglican Bishop Beilby Porteus The figures in the monumental painting were life-size Death is surrounded by personifications including Despair Fever Consumption Hypochondria Apoplexy Gout Dropsy Suicide Delirium Tremens Intemperance Remorse Pleasure Pestilence Famine War and Conflagration To the right a warrior an orphaned infant and a widow show some of the people afflicted In the foreground Old Age is supported by Faith Detroit Institute of Arts http //www dia org/object-info/cc7c2b25-e044-4188-b6a1-b77a1c648099 aspx Rembrandt Peale 1820 Smaller version PD-old-100 DEFAULTSORT Peale Rembrandt Paintings by Rembrandt Peale Allegories of death Personifications of death Death in paintings 1820s paintings in the United States American paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts War widows Widows in art
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