Danse Macabre, 1779
Engraving by Jacques Gamelin entitled: "Dance of death taken from Nouveau recueil d'osteologie et de myologie, 1779." Left profile of skeleton sitting on a stone slab that partially covers grave; right leg, bent at the knee, hangs in the grave; head is upturned, jaw open, facing horn appearing from above; hourglass on slab, skulls in opening in wall at left. 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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