Images of Death

Mors, Angel of Death, 10th century

Death as Corpse

Adam and Eve Driven from Paradise, Hans Holbein, originally published in Lyons in 1538.

Adam Tils the Soil, Hans Holbein, originally published in Lyons in 1538.

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Tallin's Dance of Death, last quarter, 15th century. Fragment in St. Nikolai's church in Tallinn (the capitol of Estonia, formerly known as Reval).

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Copenhagen's Dance of Death, 1634

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Stained Glass, Dance of Death, Alfred Malhau, 1955-1956; replaces Lübeck's dance of death in St Mary's Church, Germany

Four Knights of the Apocalypse, wood engraving of Albrecht Durer, 1498

 

 

Triumph of Death, Pieter Bruegel the Older, around 1562

Triumph of Death, Anonymous, Beginning of the 16th century

Death and the Maiden, 1517, Hans Baldung Grien

Death and the Maiden, 1894, Edvard Munch, Engraving

 

Grief, or Day of the Dead, Carlos Schwabe, 1893

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Death of the Gravedigger, Carlos Schwabe, 1895-1900

 

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Young Girls and Death, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1873

La Llorona

La Llorona