The Judge from Dance of Death (Lyons), 1538

Minneapolis Institute of Art

The Judge from Dance of Death (Lyons), 1538

Hans Holbein the YoungerLinkedCulture matchlcp-37b0f820585d

Date
1523–26
Medium
Woodcut
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
48328

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Hans Holbein's Dance of Death is the most famous treatment of the subject in Renaissance art. His series of 50 miniature woodcuts show Death's affinity for all stations in life, royal and religious officials not excepted. Holbein's highly animated images remained unpublished for 15 years. Perhaps they were considered too inflammatory during the 1520s, a period of class warfare when even peasants rejected the notion of the divine right of kings. Germany, Europe

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Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1926

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