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This is a drawing featuring a skeleton interacting with three clothed figures. The skeleton stands in an archway, engaging with the figures who are dressed in period attire. The background shows a street scene with European architectural elements. Surrounding the central scene is an ornate frame with cherubic figures, skulls, and columns, with Latin text at the bottom. The artwork is detailed with intricate linework.
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This is a drawing featuring a skeleton interacting with three clothed figures. The skeleton stands in an archway, engaging with the figures who are dressed in period attire. The background shows a street scene with European architectural elements. Surrounding the central scene is an ornate frame with cherubic figures, skulls, and columns, with Latin text at the bottom. The artwork is detailed with intricate linework.

National Gallery of Art · Print

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Wenceslaus Hollar after Hans Holbein the Younger after Abraham van Diepenbeeck

Date
1651
Medium
etching with border "Democritus and Heraclitus" (Pennington 233A)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1943.3.4894
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1651 to 1700
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Dance of Death [Pennington 233-262]

Subjects and terms

  • Bohemian
  • Costume
  • Statue
  • Skull
  • Man
  • Figures
Provenance

Fritz Rumpf [1856-1927], Potsdam (Lugt 2161); (sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, lot 588); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b), 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

NGA object ID 7816. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.