A beautiful woodcut from 1493 of a Dance Macabre, or a Dance of Death. This illustration comes from the Nuremberg Chronicle, which is an enyclodpedia of world events, mythology and christian history. This extra-ordinary work was one of the earliest books ever printed and the first to successfully integrate text and images.

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Size: 2576px × 3678px
Photo credit: © CBW / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: 1493, ancient, antique, antiquity, chronicle, chronicles, dance, danse, death, engraving, historic, illustration, macabre, nuremberg, woodcut