The direct translation is “An artist dies in me”. Derived from Emperor Nero’s last
words “Qualis artifex pereo” which has been debated to connotatively mean “As what kind of an artist do I perish” rather than the textbook version “The world has lost an artist in me” due to his humble use of “qualis” and the fact that he had to
help build his own tomb before his death just
like an ordinary “artisan/craftsman”.