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The Nun, Danse Macabre

The Nun, from The Dance of Death, designed by Hans Holbein the Younger, woodcut, 1526. The Dance of Death (1523-26) refashions the late medieval allegory of the Danse Macabre as a reformist satire. Holbein's series of woodcuts shows the figure of "Death" in many disguises, confronting individuals from all walks of life. None escape Death's skeleton clutches, even the pious. Dance of Death, also called Danse Macabre (French), Danza Macabra (Italian), Dansul Mortii (Romanian), Danza de la Muerte (Spanish), Dansa de la Mort (Catalan), Danca Macabra (Portuguese language), Totentanz (German), Dodendans (Dutch), Surmatants (Estonian), is an artistic genre of late medieval allegory on the universality of death: no matter one's station in life, the Dance of Death unites all.

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The Nun, Danse Macabre

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The Nun, from The Dance of Death, designed by Hans Holbein the Younger, woodcut, 1526. The Dance of Death (1523-26) refashions the late medieval allegory of the Danse Macabre as a reformist satire. Holbein's series of woodcuts shows the figure of "Death" in many disguises, confronting individuals from all walks of life. None escape Death's skeleton clutches, even the pious. Dance of Death, also called Danse Macabre (French), Danza Macabra (Italian), Dansul Mortii (Romanian), Danza de la Muerte (Spanish), Dansa de la Mort (Catalan), Danca Macabra (Portuguese language), Totentanz (German), Dodendans (Dutch), Surmatants (Estonian), is an artistic genre of late medieval allegory on the universality of death: no matter one's station in life, the Dance of Death unites all.

Personalities:

HANS HOLBEIN • HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER (1497-1543)

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Album / Science Source / MMA/Rogers Fund

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3405 x 4500 px | 43.8 MB

Print size:

28.8 x 38.1 cm | 11.3 x 15.0 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

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