Artistic motif on the universality of death

The dance of death. Etching by R. Dagley, 182-.

The dance of death: the canon. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.

The dance of death at Basel: death and the duke. Lithograph by Danzer after H. Hess.

The dance of death: the advocate. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.

The dance of death: death and the prostitute. Etching by D.-N. Chodowiecki, 1791, after himself.

The dance of death: the prisoner discharged. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.

The dance of death at Basel: death and the duchess. Lithograph by G. Danzer after H. Hess.

The dance of death: the battle. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.

The dance of death: the glutton. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.

A skeleton gentleman at a ball asks a skeleton lady to dance; representing the effect of arsenical dyes and pigments in clothing and accessories. Wood engraving, 1862.

Four circular compositions with scenes from the dance of death. Lithograph after Israhel van Meckenem.

The dance of death at Basel: death and the usurer. Lithograph by G. Danzer after H. Hess.

1 print : lithograph, printed with beige background ; image 16.9 x 13.1 cm

The dance of death at Basel: death and the abbess. Lithograph by G. Danzer after H. Hess.

The dance of death / Hans Holbein ; with a commentary by Ulinka Rublack.

1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; image 12.4 x 19.6 cm

The dance of death: the schoolmaster. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.

62 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm

La danse macabre de La Chaise-Dieu / par Claudie et Pierre Boissé ; présentation par Pierre-Roger Gaussin ; photographies, Roger Choplain et Roland Maston.

The dance of death: the creation. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.

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Dance of death

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The dance of death at Basel: death and the abbess. Lithograph by G. Danzer after H. Hess.

The dance of death / Hans Holbein ; with a commentary by Ulinka Rublack.

The dance of death: the schoolmaster. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.

La danse macabre de La Chaise-Dieu / par Claudie et Pierre Boissé ; présentation par Pierre-Roger Gaussin ; photographies, Roger Choplain et Roland Maston.

The dance of death: the creation. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.

Dance of death

Images from the collections

Images referencing Dance of death

Works from the collections

The dance of death at Basel: death and the abbess. Lithograph by G. Danzer after H. Hess.

The dance of death / Hans Holbein ; with a commentary by Ulinka Rublack.

The dance of death: the schoolmaster. Coloured aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1816.

La danse macabre de La Chaise-Dieu / par Claudie et Pierre Boissé ; présentation par Pierre-Roger Gaussin ; photographies, Roger Choplain et Roland Maston.

The dance of death: the creation. Woodcut by Hans Holbein the younger.

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