Duke

Wenceslaus Hollar after Hans Holbein the Younger after Abraham van Diepenbeeck

National Gallery of Art

This is a drawing showing a scene with a skeleton interacting with figures dressed in attire that suggests authority. The setting is a medieval street with grand buildings. The scene is enclosed by an ornate frame, with additional symbolic elements like helmets, crowns, and a skull in the borders. Latin text below suggests a narrative of mortality overcoming earthly power.