Title
Danse Macabre, by Notke (1475, c.)
Description
A woman in the center of the picture is dressed in a red dress. Two skeletons are dancing on both of her sides. They are semi-covered by a white cloth. On the left side, a man wears a crown and holds a sword and the globus cruciger.
Gender perspective: The two corpses represent the images of the Death of King and Queen shortly. The corpse between them, with the head covered and raising a leg in the dance, seems to be female, while the other may be interpreted as the male. Apart from that, the two corpses are identical.
Gender perspective: The two corpses represent the images of the Death of King and Queen shortly. The corpse between them, with the head covered and raising a leg in the dance, seems to be female, while the other may be interpreted as the male. Apart from that, the two corpses are identical.
Creator
Notke, Bernt (1440–1509)
Source
Museum of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia.
https://kunstimuuseum.ekm.ee/en/overview/ecclesiastical-art-collection/
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200704212530/https://kunstimuuseum.ekm.ee/en/overview/ecclesiastical-art-collection/
Also found in "Dances of Death" webpage:
http://www.dodedans.com/Eest.htm
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20191221123047/http://www.dodedans.com/Eest.htm
Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bernt_Notke_Danse_Macabre.jpg
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200121150006/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bernt_Notke_Danse_Macabre.jpg
https://kunstimuuseum.ekm.ee/en/overview/ecclesiastical-art-collection/
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200704212530/https://kunstimuuseum.ekm.ee/en/overview/ecclesiastical-art-collection/
Also found in "Dances of Death" webpage:
http://www.dodedans.com/Eest.htm
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20191221123047/http://www.dodedans.com/Eest.htm
Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bernt_Notke_Danse_Macabre.jpg
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200121150006/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bernt_Notke_Danse_Macabre.jpg
Date
1475, c.
Format
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions: 160 × 750 cm
Dimensions: 160 × 750 cm
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