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Young Man with a Skull
Young Man with a Skull is a c.1626 painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, now in the National Gallery, London. The painting was previously thought to be a depiction of Shakespeare's Hamlet holding the skull of Yorick, but is now considered to be a vanitas, a reminder of the precarious nature of life and the inevitability of death.
Painting.
The painting shows a young man wearing a feathered red bonnet and swathed with a cloak across his chest, gesturing dramatically
By the side of a river, Wilhelm sees a horseman slip and fall into the water. Wilhelm saves him by helping bring him to land, and then opening one of his veins with a blade. The young man – Felix – comes to and embraces his father; the two stand together "like Castor and Pollux."
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Untitled poem: "In the austere charnelhouse..." (often referred to as "Upon Viewing Schiller's Skull," though