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Dance of death, with a skeleton on horseback at center surrounded by corpses and mourners

After Alfred Rethel German
1900–42
Not on view
After an original drawing by Alfred Rethel for Auch ein Todtentanz, Plate 6.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Dance of death, with a skeleton on horseback at center surrounded by corpses and mourners
  • Artist: Oskar Bangemann (German, 1882–1942)
  • Artist: After Alfred Rethel (German, Diepenbend 1816–1859 Duesseldorf)
  • Date: 1900–42
  • Medium: Wood engraving
  • Dimensions: Plate: 8 3/4 × 12 5/8 in. (22.2 × 32.1 cm)
    Sheet: 13 1/16 × 16 15/16 in. (33.2 × 43 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1950
  • Object Number: 50.532
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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