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Dance of Death: Death as a Friend

Alfred Rethel

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white illustration. A hooded skeleton wearing a robe stands on the left. The skeleton holds a rope or pulley system in one hand. A man sits at a desk on the right. He has a book open on the desk. The man is slumped and appears to be dead. A pipe and bowl sit on the desk. His feet rest on a stool. A small table with a pitcher and cups sits next to the man. A window with a view of a landscape is in the background. A smaller window with a cross-hatch pattern is on the right wall. A wooden structure with shelves is on the left. Text is printed at the bottom.

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808 × 893 px
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