Polar bears By: Alfred Leverkus From: Lebensbilder aus der Tierwelt 1910

The King's Death by Lee James McKnight

The Tychonic system (or Tychonian system) is a model of the Solar System published by Tycho Brahe in the late 16th century. This is an illustration of the “Hypothesis Tychonica”, whereby the Sun, Moon, and sphere of stars orbit the Earth, while the five known planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn) orbit the Sun.

Philosophia Reformata (Rosarium philosophorum sive pretiosissimum donum Dei), Frankfurt, ca. 1622.

Erik Desmazières - Miroir des vanités

Dated year of 1910, by anonymous

Hieronymus Galle - Vanitas Still Life

“Memento mori tomb”, the “Transi de René de Chalons” by Ligier Richier, in the church of Saint Etienne in Bar-le-Duc, France: Some state that the statue is from 1545. Rene de Chalon, prince of Orange, who was married to Anne de Lorraine died at the young age of 25 during the siege of Saint-Dizier in 1544. His heart and intestines were cut out and kept in Bar-le-Duc, this was usual for noblemen at the time. His body was send back to Breda where he was born. Anne de Lorraine his widow was still very sad three years after his death so she ordered Ligier Richier to make a statue depicting her husband as he would be then. The right hand clutches at the empty rib cage while the left hand holds high his heart in a grand gesture The heart in his hand served as a reliquary and contained the actual dried heart of Rene de Challon

Altarpiece of Saint Michael the Archangel by Master of Cervera, 1494

The Descent into Limbo by Jaume Serra

Fig. 2. Self-inflicted cigarette burns (first-, second-, and third-degree) on the flexor side of the left forearm.

Location: Library of the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic.