The Triumph of Death
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The Triumph of Death is a haunting 16th-century painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder that depicts an apocalyptic landscape overrun by skeletal armies, symbolizing the universality and inevitability of death.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Triumph of Death canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ |
| collection | Museo del Prado collection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Habsburg Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Pieter Bruegel the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
army of skeletons
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battlefield ⓘ burning landscape ⓘ card players ⓘ church ⓘ coffin ⓘ corpses ⓘ cross ⓘ dogs eating corpses ⓘ gallows ⓘ hourglass ⓘ king ⓘ musicians ⓘ nobility ⓘ peasants ⓘ shipwreck ⓘ skeleton ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical painting
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memento mori ⓘ religious painting ⓘ |
| hasPart |
bell tower
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burning buildings ⓘ cart of skulls ⓘ king robbed by skeletons ⓘ lovers oblivious to danger ⓘ sea with ships ⓘ skeletal army ⓘ |
| inception | c. 1562 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Danse Macabre tradition
NERFINISHED
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medieval apocalyptic imagery ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | none ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Madrid
NERFINISHED
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Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Museo del Prado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
apocalypse
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death ⓘ inevitability of death ⓘ universality of death ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Northern Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Prado’s collection of works by Pieter Bruegel the Elder ⓘ |
| support | panel ⓘ |
| title | The Triumph of Death NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleInOriginalLanguage | De triomf van de Dood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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