Title
The Principal Woman in the Dance of Death, by Holbein (1522, c.)
Description
Image 1: The noblewoman/married couple, from the mix of Hoblein's and Basel's Dance of Death published by Huldrich Frölich (1581).
Image 2: The Queen, by Giovanni Battista Manni (1675).
Image 3: Queen/Beauty, in Vana pulchritudo, by Guy Marchant (1485, c.).
Image 4: The queen, by Wenceslaus Hollar (1651, c.).
Gender perspective: The death of distinguished female characters, such as the Empress, Queen or Duchess in the Holbein tradition. The character of death may be represented as a female corpse with breasts and long hair, or as a neutral figure, often as a fool, or a neutral skeleton mimicking the Queen's identity through clothes and gestures. In other cases, death is represented as if taking part in a masquerade and temporarily assuming the identity and gender of the royal woman as part of the festivities.
Image 2: The Queen, by Giovanni Battista Manni (1675).
Image 3: Queen/Beauty, in Vana pulchritudo, by Guy Marchant (1485, c.).
Image 4: The queen, by Wenceslaus Hollar (1651, c.).
Gender perspective: The death of distinguished female characters, such as the Empress, Queen or Duchess in the Holbein tradition. The character of death may be represented as a female corpse with breasts and long hair, or as a neutral figure, often as a fool, or a neutral skeleton mimicking the Queen's identity through clothes and gestures. In other cases, death is represented as if taking part in a masquerade and temporarily assuming the identity and gender of the royal woman as part of the festivities.
Creator
Holbein the Younger, Hans (c. 1497-1543)
Source
Image 1: The noblewoman/married couple, from the mix of Holbein's and Basel's Dance of Death published by Huldrich Frölich (1581).
Found on the "The Dance of Death" webpage:
http://www.dodedans.com/Exhibit/Image.php?lang=e&navn=scharffenberg-35
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20170729005208/http://www.dodedans.com/Exhibit/Image.php?lang=e&navn=scharffenberg-35
Image 2: The Queen, by Giovanni Battista Manni (1675).
Found on the "The Dance of Death" webpage:
http://www.dodedans.com/Exhibit/Image.php?lang=e&navn=varii-11
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20181104060937/http://www.dodedans.com/Exhibit/Image.php?lang=e&navn=varii-11
Image 3: Queen/Beauty, in Vana pulchritudo, by Guy Marchant (1485, c.).
Found on the "The Dance of Death" webpage:
http://www.dodedans.com/Exhibit/Image.php?lang=e&navn=clm-14053-289
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200816211700/http://www.dodedans.com/Exhibit/Image.php?lang=e&navn=clm-14053-289
Image 4: The queen, by Wenceslaus Hollar (1651, c.).
Found on the "The Dance of Death" webpage:
http://www.dodedans.com/Exhibit/Image.php?lang=e&navn=hollar-11
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20191102233752/http://www.dodedans.com/Exhibit/Image.php?lang=e&navn=hollar-11
Found on the "The Dance of Death" webpage:
http://www.dodedans.com/Exhibit/Image.php?lang=e&navn=scharffenberg-35
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20170729005208/http://www.dodedans.com/Exhibit/Image.php?lang=e&navn=scharffenberg-35
Image 2: The Queen, by Giovanni Battista Manni (1675).
Found on the "The Dance of Death" webpage:
http://www.dodedans.com/Exhibit/Image.php?lang=e&navn=varii-11
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20181104060937/http://www.dodedans.com/Exhibit/Image.php?lang=e&navn=varii-11
Image 3: Queen/Beauty, in Vana pulchritudo, by Guy Marchant (1485, c.).
Found on the "The Dance of Death" webpage:
http://www.dodedans.com/Exhibit/Image.php?lang=e&navn=clm-14053-289
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200816211700/http://www.dodedans.com/Exhibit/Image.php?lang=e&navn=clm-14053-289
Image 4: The queen, by Wenceslaus Hollar (1651, c.).
Found on the "The Dance of Death" webpage:
http://www.dodedans.com/Exhibit/Image.php?lang=e&navn=hollar-11
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20191102233752/http://www.dodedans.com/Exhibit/Image.php?lang=e&navn=hollar-11
Date
1522, c.
Format
Woodcuts and copperplate (Image 4).
Dimensions: Unknown
Dimensions: Unknown
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