Old King Death, 1827
Lithograph entitled: "One day the dreary old King of Designed and done on stone by E. Hull, 1827." Death, bored, comes forth from his cave. 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: 3600px × 3285px
Photo credit: © Photo Researchers / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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