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2. Death and the Miser - Wikipedia

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   Death and the Miser belongs to the tradition of memento mori, a term that describes works of art that remind the viewer of the inevitability of death.The painting shows the influence of popular 15th-century handbooks (including text and woodcuts) on the "Art of Dying Well" (Ars moriendi), intended to help Christians choose Christ over earthly and sinful pleasures.

3. Allegory of Gluttony and Lust - Wikipedia

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   Panel at right is Death and the Miser. At bottom "The Wayfarer" which would have been on the outside of the triptych. Allegory of Intemperance is an oil on wood painting by the Dutch artist Hieronymus Bosch made c. 1490–1500. It is held in the Yale University Art Gallery, in New Haven, Connecticut. [1]

4. Ship of Fools (painting) - Wikipedia

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   The other wing, which has more or less retained its full length, is the Death and the Miser, now in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. The two panels together would have represented the two extremes of prodigality and miserliness, condemning and caricaturing both. The Wayfarer (Rotterdam) was painted on the right panel rear of the ...

5. Hieronymus Bosch drawings - Wikipedia

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   Although originally thought to have been a preparatory drawing for the painting Death and the Miser, it is now believed that the drawing was executed by a follower of Bosch. Examination of the underdrawing of the painting Death and the Miser reveals that Bosch shortened Death's arrow in the final version. The length of the arrow in the drawing ...

6. Stephen Elmer - Wikipedia

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   Stephen Elmer ARA (baptised 1715 – 1796) was an English painter. [1]Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, by Thomas Ryder after Elmer. Elmer resided at Farnham, Surrey, where he was a maltster.

7. Misery (film) - Wikipedia

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   Misery is a 1990 American psychological horror thriller [4] film directed by Rob Reiner from a script by William Goldman, based on Stephen King's 1987 novel of the same name, The plot centers around an author who is held captive by an obsessive fan (Kathy Bates) who forces him to rewrite the finale to his novel series.

8. “The Year Without a Santa Claus” Turns 50: How Heat Miser and ...

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   Related: 39 Best Christmas Movies to Stream on Netflix This Holiday Season The Year Without a Santa Claus got a live-action remake in 2006 starring John Goodman, Delta Burke, Michael McKean and ...

9. Jan Provoost - Wikipedia

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   Donor with Saint Nicholas and Wife with Saint Godelina.. Jan Provoost, or Jean Provost, or Jan Provost (1462/65 – January 1529) was a Belgian painter born in Mons.. Provost was a prolific master who left his early workshop in Valenciennes to run two workshops, one in Bruges, where he was made a burgher in 1494, the other simultaneously in Antwerp, which was the economic centre of the Low ...