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The Dance of Death: Adam Tilling the Earth

Hans Holbein the Younger

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white woodcut image. Square format. A man and a woman. The man, on the left side, is shirtless and wearing a short loincloth, barefoot. The man holds a shovel in both hands. A skeleton, holding a scythe in one hand and a shovel in the other, is positioned behind the man. On the right, tree roots and branches. The woman sits on a pile of objects on the upper left. She wears a loose-fitting dress. A landscape with a bird flying in the top left corner. The sky contains birds.

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675 × 893 px
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