Title
Dance of Death II, by Claesz (1562)
Description
This engraving represents a couple (man and woman) dancing, and on the right, a skeleton plays the xylophone. The fact that the couple is dancing with each other, and not with the skeleton, presents an idea of mirror image and of common destiny.
Creator
Claesz, Allaert (active 1520/1555, c.)
Source
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, US.
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.12019.html
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200925073824/https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.12019.html
Accession Number: 1943.3.9502
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.12019.html
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200925073824/https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.12019.html
Accession Number: 1943.3.9502
Date
1562
Format
Engraving.
Dimensions: Unknown
Dimensions: Unknown
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