Ghetidenboec 1494 - 1498

"Ghetidenboec" is a woodcut print created by Adriaen van Liesvelt in 1494-1498, currently housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. This intricate print depicts a skeletal figure, personifying Death, wielding a scythe and striking down a kneeling man. The scene is framed by elaborate floral borders, emphasizing the fragility of life in the face of mortality. This woodcut exemplifies the medieval fascination with death and the afterlife, a prevalent theme in European art of the period.