Island of the Dead
Death and the Skull as the central motif. From The Met, open access.
Key · 1 motif
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- 1Death and the Skullcentral motif as it reads here: The Isle of the Dead
The picture
The white figure and the coffin rowed to the island of cypresses; by eye. By eye
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