Focus on this artwork and explain the abstract.
Death and the Miser (also known as Death of the Usurer) is a Northern Renaissance painting by Hieronymus Bosch produced between 1490 and 1516 in Northern Europe.  The piece was originally part of a triptych, but the center piece is missing.  It is a memento mori painting, which is meant to remind the viewer of the inevitability of death and the futility of the pursuit of material wealth, illustrating the sin of greed.
There is still debate about the exact symbolism of the man and the objects in the foreground.  Bosch was influenced by the Ars moriendi, religious texts that instructed Christians how to live and die.  It is now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.It measures 93 x 31 cm (36 5/8 x 12 3/16 in) overall, and as framed 105.9 x 43.5 x 5.4 cm (41 11/16 x 17 1/8 x 2 1/8 in).
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