Allegory of the Good Death is a masterpiece from the Park Abbey collection. In the foreground we see Frans van Vlierden on his deathbed. He was the Abbot of Park Abbey from 1583 to 1601. In the centre we see the crucified Christ, with God the Father above him, flanked on both sides by angels. To the left of the cross is the Virgin Mary and to the right Saint Norbert of Gennep. With his dying words, the Abbot is appealing to the Virgin Mary: ‘In hope, as I die, I pray you, Mary, save me’. Escaping through his mouth, in the form of a naked little man, his soul attracts devils and demons to his bed: ‘‘I claim this soul, which is full of sin’. Mary meanwhile intercedes on the Abbot’s behalf, telling Jesus: ‘‘I pray You, my Son, have mercy on this man, You who suckled on this breast’. Revealing His wounds, Jesus appeals to His Father: ‘See My wounds, Father, do as My mother asks.’ This depiction belongs to a long tradition of such death scenes in the presence of the Holy Trinity. But this one is remarkable: for its depiction of the soul and also for the presence of the Virgin Mary. The painting thus underlines the importance of the Virgin Mary as the patron saint and patroness of the Norbertine Order.