The Duchess (plate)
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The Duchess (plate) is a specific woodcut from Hans Holbein the Younger's "Dance of Death" series, depicting a noblewoman confronted by Death as a moral allegory on mortality and social status.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
ⓘ
print from a series ⓘ woodcut print ⓘ |
| allegoricalFigure |
Death
ⓘ
Nobility ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext | Reformation-era moral imagery ⓘ |
| artist | Hans Holbein the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artMovement | Northern Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| color | black-and-white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Switzerland ⓘ |
| creator | Hans Holbein the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cycle | Dance of Death (Holbein woodcuts) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictionType | scene of interruption of daily life by Death ⓘ |
| depicts |
Death (personification)
NERFINISHED
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duchess ⓘ noblewoman ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical print
ⓘ
moral allegory ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 16th century ⓘ |
| iconography | skeleton as Death leading or confronting a duchess ⓘ |
| influencedBy | medieval Dance of Death tradition ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | literate lay public ⓘ |
| intendedFunction | didactic religious image ⓘ |
| languageOfInscription | Latin ⓘ |
| medium | woodcut ⓘ |
| moralCategory | contempt for worldly pomp ⓘ |
| moralFocus | vanity of worldly rank ⓘ |
| moralMessage | death comes to all ranks of society ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | confrontation between Death and a duchess ⓘ |
| partOf | Holbein’s Dance of Death woodcut series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfCreation | Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Abbess (Dance of Death plate)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Noblewoman (other Dance of Death plates) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Queen (Dance of Death plate) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Dance of Death NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectHeading | Death and the noblewoman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| support | paper ⓘ |
| technique | relief printmaking ⓘ |
| theme |
inevitability of death
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memento mori NERFINISHED ⓘ mortality ⓘ social status and death ⓘ |
| title | The Duchess NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visualContrast | luxury of noble life versus skeletal Death ⓘ |
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