Dance of Death, the Queen, by Merian (1625)

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Title

Dance of Death, the Queen, by Merian (1625)

Description

This image shows a queen and a skeleton. The skeleton has flesh from the neck down and has feminine attributes such as hair and breasts. There is also a snake wrapped around her neck. This death represents the death of queens or important women, as the skeleton is portrayed with the same gender as the dead.

Creator

Merian, Matthew (Matthäus) (1593-1650)

Source

Todten-Tantz : wie derselbe in der weitberümbten Statt Basel als ein Spiegel menschlicher Beschaffenheit gantz künstlich mit lebendigen Farben gemahlet, nicht ohne nutzliche Verwunderung zusehen ist / [nach Kupferstichen von Matthäus Merian hrsg. von Matthäus Mieg] (Dance of Death: how the same can be seen in the famous instead of Basel as a mirror of human nature, artificially ground in lively colors, not without useful astonishment / [after engravings by Matthäus Merian ed. by Matthäus Mieg]), by Merian, Matthew (1625) Getruckt zu Basel: in Verlegung Mattheus Mieg, p. 23 The Queen. In Universitätsbibliothek Basel. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3931/e-rara-16473
https://www.e-rara.ch/bau_1/content/zoom/5234654

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Also found on the "The Dance of Death" webpage:
http://www.dodedans.com/Exhibit/Image.php?lang=e&navn=basel-07

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Date

1625

Format

Illustration.
Dimensions: Unknown

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