Danse Macabre, 1779
Engraving by Jacques Gamelin entitled: "Dance of death taken from Nouveau recueil d'osteologie et de myologie, 1779." Rear view of a skeleton kneeling before shelf reading from an open book standing upright on the shelf; other books and scrolls are on the shelf; left hand grips edge of shelf, right knee rests on a book; books and scrolls on the floor to the 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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