The Dance of Death: The Judge

Hans Holbein the Younger

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white woodcut image of four men in a room. The man on the left stands with his back to the viewer, wearing a short-sleeved tunic with a sash around his waist and hose; he looks down at a dog sitting on the floor beside him. Behind him, a skeleton plays a pipe; the skeleton wears a tunic and a backpack. The man in the center sits on a platform wearing a long tunic and a hat; he points at a man on the right with his right hand. The man on the right stands wearing a short-sleeved tunic with a sash around his waist, hose, and a hat; he holds a bowl in both hands and looks at the seated man. The background includes a tiled floor, a beam across the top, and two large panels on the back wall.