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The danger of a careless glimpse. By Jan David, 1601. The eyes are the doorway to the soul, and a careless glimpse may give Death an opportunity to enter. In the background are three biblical women who (supposedly) got into trouble from an incautious glance: Eve with the apple, Bathsheba in the bath and Dinah in Shechem (Genesis 34).
This image may have served as inspiration for Eberhard Kieser's Mouse Tower. There's a larger version here: Adspectus .
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