Denise Poncher before a Vision of Death, by Master of the Chronique scandaleuse (1500, c.)

Denise Poncher before a Vision of Death, by Master of the Chronique scandaleuse (1500, c.)

The image shows death represented as a skeleton with no visible gender attributes and holding several scythes. The skeleton has just killed two women and a man who are lying on the right of the image. A young woman (Denise Poncher) kneels on the left looking at the skeleton.

Gender perspective: Sexually ambiguous death figure triumphs over men and women equally. The presence of several scythes and an arrow seems however to indicate the use of specific tools for each victim independently of their gender

Master of the Chronique scandaleuse (active c. 1493-1510)

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, the USA
http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/255124/master-of-the-chronique-scandaleuse-denise-poncher-before-a-vision-of-death-french-about-1500/

Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20210118142526/http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/255124/master-of-the-chronique-scandaleuse-denise-poncher-before-a-vision-of-death-french-about-1500/

Object number: Ms. 109 (2011.40), fol. 156

Found in Google Arts and Culture:
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/denise-poncher-before-a-vision-of-death-master-of-the-chronique-scandaleuse/egHE641Qi4FiOA

Archived in:
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1500, c.

Tempera colours, ink and gold on parchment.
Dimensions: 13.3 × 8.7 cm