The Queen has just issued from her palace; when Death unexpectedly appears and forcibly drags her away. Her jester; in whose habiliments Death has ludicrously attired himself; endeavors in vain to protect his mistress. A female attendant is violently screaming. Death holds up an hour-glass to indicate the arrival of his fateful hour. Hand-coloured engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's 鈥楾he Triumph of Death;' based on original drawings by Peter Paul Rubens; 1860.