File:Hans Holbein - Dance of Death- The Sailor - 1929.163 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif
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Dance of Death: The Sailor
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Hans Holbein |
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Dance of Death: The Sailor |
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Dance of Death is the most celebrated series of woodcuts designed by Holbein. The forty-one blocks were cut by Hans Lützelburger in the years immediately before his death in 1526, though the set was not published until 1538. Dance of Death originated as a drama in the middle of the 14th century. Following widespread epidemics such as the black plague, these plays took place in a cemetery or churchyard. Actors, dressed in pale costumes painted to resemble skeletons, personified Death and summoned a group of people from all social classes in a dancelike procession. In a period when the life span was short, the purpose of the Dance of Death was to remind the populace to prepare for the Last Judgement. |
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| Date | circa 1526 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Woodcut | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929.163 |
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| Place of creation | Germany, 16th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.163 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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