Minneapolis Institute of Art
Danse Macabre
Marcel RouxLinkedCulture matchlcp-5aa92a5cceea
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
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Minneapolis Institute of Art’s catalogue record
- Dated
- 1904
- Artist
- Marcel Roux
- Department
- European Art
- Credit
- Anonymous gift honoring the contributions of Eric Gustav Carlson
- Medium
- Etching
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From LinkedCulture
A skeleton swings two hammers to ring a bell, announcing a demon's arrival as it carries a shrouded woman to a bone-strewn tower high above a burning city. Marcel Roux's 1904 etching Danse Macabre turns the medieval Dance of Death into something far darker - a coordinated, relentless harvest of souls playing out across a night sky filled with winged figures. The fine intaglio lines build a suffocating atmosphere that makes this print feel less like a historical allegory and more like a waking nightmare.
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A winged figure carries a person on its back through a dark, eerie landscape.
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- Object ID
- 128196
- Object Type
- Prints
- Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Classification” · the first available of several museum fields
- Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Object Name” · the first available of several museum fields
- Creator
- Marcel Roux
- Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Artist” · copied as is
- Medium
- Etching
- Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Medium” · copied as is
- Department
- European Art
- Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Department” · copied as is
- Credit Line
- Anonymous gift honoring the contributions of Eric Gustav Carlson
- Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Credit” · copied as is
- Date
- 1904
- Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Dated” · copied as is
- Begin Year
- 1904
- Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Dated” · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field
- End Year
- 1904
- Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Dated” · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field
The museum’s own record has not been captured for this object yet, so the museum fields shown above are limited to values LinkedCulture stored unchanged.
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