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# Portrait of Doctor de S. Playing Chess with Death
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/portret-doktora-de-s-igraiushchego-v-shakhmaty-so-smertiu/
- Published: 2018-06-27T09:57:52.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:44:29.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Art, People

Portrait of Doctor de S. playing chess with Death. The doctor points to a winning position of the pieces, and Death concedes defeat. But in the year the picture was painted its author was beheaded, and Death won after all