The dance of death: Death on horseback approaches the city. Woodcut after Alfred Rethel, 1848.

  • Alfred Rethel
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1848
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33063i
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The dance of death: Death on horseback approaches the city. Woodcut after Alfred Rethel, 1848. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1848.

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1 print : woodcut, printed with beige tone block ; image 22.4 x 32.1 cm.

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Der Morgen schaut vom Himmelszelt so klar wie sonst auf Stadt und Feld. Da trabt mit wilder Hast heran der Freund des Volks, der Sensenmann. Zur Stadt lenkt seinen Gaul er hin, schon ahnt er reiche Ernte drin. Die Hahnenfeder auf dem Hut glüht in der Sonne roth wie Blut, die Sense blitzt wie Wetterschein, es stöhnt der Gaul, die Raben schrei'n! Explanatory text by R. Reinick

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Wellcome Collection 33063i

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German

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