Death, in the guise of a skeleton with a scythe, sits on a chariot decorated with skulls. The spokes of the wheels are charnels.Under Death's cart, everyone he encounters is crushed: clergy, kings, generals and children. The background shows what ultimately awaits all the dead: a burning hell on the left and the rising sun of paradise on the right. The print has a Latin caption and is part of the series on the triumphs of Petrarch, Triumph of Death Triumphs of Petrarch (series title), print maker: Philips Galle, (mentioned on object), Maarten van Heemskerck, (mentioned on object), Hadrianus Junius, Haarlem, c. 1565, paper, engraving, h 194 mm × w 263 mm