Skeletons dancing in an ossuary, by Kauw (1649 )

Skeletons dancing in an ossuary, by Kauw (1649 )

The mural represents two images. On the left, the scene of Jesus Christ's crucifixion is represented with virgin Mary. A skeleton with torn clothes points with its left hand at Christ while opening its mouth, as a sign of mockery. On the right, four skeletons with torn clothes play the trumpet while dancing among skulls.

Kauw, Albrecht (1621-1681)

Copy of a mural by Niklaus Manuel Deutsch I, "Totentantz" ("Dance of Death"), painted in Berner Dominikanerkloster in 1516, c. and destroyed in 1660.

Found in El Hurgador webpage, Image (6).
http://elhurgador.blogspot.com/2017/09/arte-y-humor-xi-anexo-annex.html

Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200316231128/http://elhurgador.blogspot.com/2017/09/arte-y-humor-xi-anexo-annex.html

1649

Gouache.
Dimensions: Unknown