The Triumph of Death
El triunfo de la Muerte
An army of skeletons sweeps across a burning land, sparing nobody, king or peasant.
Bruegel learnt from Bosch, and here the dead overrun the living: they herd people into a great coffin, ring a bell, cut a pilgrim's throat, empty the king's barrels of gold.
Only the two lovers in the corner, singing to a lute, have not noticed yet, and a skeleton plays along behind them. It has been in Spain since the 17th century and in the Prado since 1827. Stand before it in 3D ›
More in The Prado
Las MeninasDiego Velázquez, 1656
Saturn Devouring His SonFrancisco de Goya, c. 1819–1823
The Garden of Earthly DelightsHieronymus Bosch, c. 1490–1510
The Third of May 1808Francisco de Goya, 1814
The Nobleman with his Hand on his ChestEl Greco, c. 1580
The Descent from the CrossRogier van der Weyden, c. 1435
