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Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
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English: A German painting of the Danse Macabre. Nine women of different social rank from empress to fool dance with the dead. The entire economy of salvation is depicted, from the Fall, through the crucifixion, to Heaven and Hell. Twelve more traditional Dance Macabre figures, from pope and emperor down to fool, surround the central image.
Date 18th century
date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium painting
Source/Photographer Wellcome Library: http://blog.wellcomelibrary.org/2012/09/graphic-intimations-of-mortality/
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  • Krakow, circa 1670
    Krakow, circa 1670
  • Krakow, circa 1670
    Krakow, circa 1670
  • 17th-century print
    17th-century print
  • 17th-century print
    17th-century print
  • 18th-century print
    18th-century print
  • 18th-century print
    18th-century print

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current16:10, 11 April 2016Thumbnail for version as of 16:10, 11 April 20162,350 × 3,095 (2.8 MB)Michael Hurst (talk | contribs)Larger image from same source, Wellcome Library.
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