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Gustav Spangenberg: The Train of Death
Artist	Gustav Spangenberg  (1828–1891)     Alternative names Spangenberg, Gustav Adolf Description painter and university teacher Date of birth/death 1 February 1828  19 November 1891  Location of birth/death Hamburg Berlin Work period 1843 –1891  Work location Berlin, Paris Deutsch: Hamburg, Antwerpen, Halle (Saale) Authority file : Q877455 VIAF: 13085948 ISNI: 000000006675122X ULAN: 500048479 GND: 117480827 RKD: 74114 artist QS:P170,Q877455
Title	English: Procession of death Deutsch: Prozession des Todes Русский: Шествие смерти
Object type	painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre	mythological painting
Date	1876 date QS:P571,+1876-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	height: 158 cm (62.2 in) ; width: 282 cm (111 in)  dimensions QS:P2048,+158U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,+282U174728
Collection	Alte Nationalgalerie    Native name Alte Nationalgalerie  Parent institution Staatliche Museen zu Berlin  Location Mitte , Germany Coordinates 52° 31′ 14.92″ N, 13° 23′ 54.07″ E   Established 1861  Authority file : Q162111 VIAF: 130790367 ISNI: 0000000121578096 LCCN: n92073829 OSM: 3083909 GND: 5298137-X WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q162111
Accession number	A I 242 (Alte Nationalgalerie)
References	SMB-digital ID: 961998  Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur ID: 02531947
Source/Photographer	anagoria
Other versions	image  image with frame

Questo bellissimo quadro, che appartiene ad una serie di " Danze della morte" molto in voga in quel periodo. rappresenta una processione di persone di tutte le età e le condizioni sociali, condotte con sè dalla morte. Infatti nel suo seguito potete notare principi ed alti prelati, insieme a gente del popolo, giovani vecchi, uomini e donne. Notate il commiato della giovane sposa dall'amato marito, soldato lanzichenecco, sulla destra del quadro, mentre sulla sinistra la vecchia mendicante che supplica la morte di portarla con sè, ma viene lasciata indietro senza che le sue preghiere vengano ascoltate. Notate anche con quanto amore e dolcezza sono ritratti i bimbi che precedono la morte. Si vuole che l'artista abbia raffigurato i suoi figli portati via da una malattia.

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