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Danse Macabre
The Danse Macabre in Tallinn is nearly seven and a half metres long and forms the beginning of a monumental twenty-metre work that has been attributed to the renowned Lübeckian master Bernt Notke (c. 1440–1509). The painting depicting the dance of Death and mortals is unique in terms of both its iconography and subject matter; it is also the only preserved medieval Danse Macabre that has been pain…
Creator
- Bernt Notke
- Bernt Notke
Subject
- Religious art
- Church art
- dance of Death; Death together with one or more human beings
- memento mori
- living skeleton
- pope
Type of item
- oil paintings (visual works)
Medium
- Oil on canvas
Creator
- Bernt Notke
- Bernt Notke
Subject
- Religious art
- Church art
- dance of Death; Death together with one or more human beings
- memento mori
- living skeleton
- pope
Type of item
- oil paintings (visual works)
Medium
- Oil on canvas
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Temporal
- 1475-1499
- 1475/1499
- 1475/1499
Current location
- Art Museum of Estonia
Provenance
- Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
Identifier
- EST_280_002
Extent
- 160 cm x 750 cm
Providing country
- Estonia
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2016-01-15T10:03:21.487Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-04-12T08:38:58.661Z