Dance of Death woodcuts

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allegorical artwork print series woodcut series

The Dance of Death woodcuts are a renowned series of early 16th-century allegorical prints by Hans Holbein the Younger that depict Death confronting people from all walks of life, illustrating the universality of mortality.

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Label Occurrences
Dance of Death fresco 1
Dance of Death woodcuts canonical 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf allegorical artwork ⓘ
print series ⓘ
woodcut series ⓘ
artist Hans Holbein the Younger ⓘ
artMovement Northern Renaissance ⓘ
circulation widely reproduced in printed books ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Switzerland ⓘ
creator Hans Holbein the Younger ⓘ
culturalContext Reformation ⓘ
surface form: Reformation-era Europe
depicts Death ⓘ
children ⓘ
clergy ⓘ
merchants ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
peasants ⓘ
people from all social classes ⓘ
religious figures ⓘ
rulers ⓘ
secular figures ⓘ
women ⓘ
genre Danse Macabre ⓘ
memento mori art ⓘ
hasPart The Abbess (plate) ⓘ
The Child (plate) ⓘ
The Cook (plate) ⓘ
The Duchess (plate) ⓘ
The Emperor (plate) ⓘ
The Judge (plate) ⓘ
The Knight (plate) ⓘ
The Lawyer (plate) ⓘ
The Merchant (plate) ⓘ
The Nobleman (plate) ⓘ
The Nun (plate) ⓘ
The Old Woman (plate) ⓘ
The Physician (plate) ⓘ
The Plague Victim (plate) ⓘ
The Ploughman (plate) ⓘ
The Pope (plate) ⓘ
The Queen (plate) ⓘ
The Soldier (plate) ⓘ
historicalSignificance influential model for later Dance of Death imagery ⓘ
landmark of Renaissance printmaking ⓘ
inception 1520s ⓘ
early 16th century ⓘ
influencedBy late medieval morality imagery ⓘ
medieval Danse Macabre tradition ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions German ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
mainTheme mortality ⓘ
social equality in death ⓘ
universality of death ⓘ
medium ink on paper ⓘ
narrativeForm series of individual scenes ⓘ
notableFor complex iconography of death ⓘ
detailed background settings ⓘ
satirical treatment of powerful figures ⓘ
placeOfCreation Basel-Stadt ⓘ
surface form: Basel
purpose moral instruction ⓘ
religious reflection on death ⓘ
technique woodcut ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hans Holbein the Younger → notableWork → Dance of Death woodcuts ⓘ
Marienkirche → hasArtwork → Dance of Death woodcuts ⓘ
subject surface form: Marienkirche (Berlin)
this entity surface form: Dance of Death fresco