The Judge (plate)
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The Judge (plate) is a specific woodcut from Hans Holbein the Younger’s "Dance of Death" series, depicting Death confronting a judge to illustrate the inevitability of mortality regardless of social status.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
ⓘ
print ⓘ woodcut ⓘ |
| artisticTechnique | line woodcut ⓘ |
| artMovement | Northern Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Reformation-era social criticism ⓘ |
| basedOn | Dance of Death motif ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Germany
ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ |
| creator | Hans Holbein the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Death confronting a judge
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a judge seated in a position of authority ⓘ a skeletal figure of Death ⓘ |
| depictsConcept |
corruption
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divine judgment ⓘ justice ⓘ |
| depictsSocialClass | judge ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical print
ⓘ
moralizing image ⓘ |
| hasInfluence | later Dance of Death imagery ⓘ |
| hasSeriesPosition | one of the plates in the Dance of Death sequence ⓘ |
| hasSetting | judicial or courtroom-like environment ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter |
death and judgment
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social hierarchy challenged by mortality ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
inevitability of death
ⓘ
memento mori ⓘ social critique ⓘ vanity of earthly power ⓘ |
| iconographicTradition | Danse Macabre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| illustrates | inevitability of mortality regardless of social status ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptions |
German
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| medium | woodcut print ⓘ |
| moralMessage |
earthly judges are subject to a higher, divine judgment
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no legal or social power can avert death ⓘ |
| partOf | Holbein’s Dance of Death woodcut series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Dance of Death NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | early 16th century ⓘ |
| portrays | a powerful legal authority figure confronted by Death ⓘ |
| visualContrast | richly dressed judge and skeletal Death ⓘ |
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