Death has burst into his strong room; where the Miser is sitting among his chests and bags of gold; and; seated on a stool; deliberately collects into a large dish the money on the table which the Miser had been counting. In an agony of terror and despair; the poor man seems to implore forebearance on the part of his unwelcome visitor. 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.