The Old Woman (plate)
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The Old Woman (plate) is a specific woodcut from the Dance of Death series, depicting Death confronting an elderly woman as part of the allegorical cycle on mortality.
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
ⓘ
print from a series ⓘ woodcut print ⓘ |
| allegoricalMeaning |
reminder that death comes to people of all ages
ⓘ
vanitas reflection on the end of life ⓘ |
| artForm | woodcut ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext | late medieval and early modern Dance of Death tradition ⓘ |
| cyclePosition | one plate among multiple social types in the Dance of Death ⓘ |
| depicts |
Death
NERFINISHED
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elderly woman ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical art
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memento mori ⓘ |
| iconography | personification of Death leading or confronting a human figure ⓘ |
| intendedFunction | moral and religious reflection on death and salvation ⓘ |
| medium | ink on paper ⓘ |
| narrativeContext | universal summons of Death across social and age categories ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | confrontation between Death and an old woman ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Dance of Death NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesType | Dance of Death cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectAgeGroup | old age ⓘ |
| theme |
inevitability of death
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mortality ⓘ |
| title | The Old Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| visualMotif |
aged female figure
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skeletal figure of Death ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.