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Dance of Death: The Trumpeters of Death

Hans Holbein the Younger

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a black-and-white woodcut of skeletons. A group of skeletons are gathered around two large bowls. One skeleton plays a long, curved horn. Two skeletons are gathered around the bowl on the right. One skeleton on the left holds a container. A stone building with archways is in the background. The text at the top reads "Gebeyn aller menfchen."

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624 × 893 px
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