Danse Macabre, 1827
Lithograph entitled: "Death saw two players playing at cards. Designed and done on stone by E. Hull, 1827." Death upsets the table and strikes at the gamblers with a spade. 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.
Size: 4200px × 2947px
Photo credit: © Photo Researchers / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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