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Dance of Death: The Nun

Hans Holbein the Younger

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white woodcut image of a man and a woman in a room. The man sits on a bench with his back to a curtain, holding a book. A skeleton dances behind him with one hand on his shoulder. The woman kneels on one knee beside them with her hands in front of her chest, wearing a head covering and long dress. A table with altar objects is on the left. Two windows are in the background. The top has German text.

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615 × 893 px
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