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English: A hand-colored German broadside of the Danse Macabre. Nine women of different social rank from empress to fool dance with the dead around two skeletons in a coffin. The entire economy of salvation is depicted, from the Fall, through the crucifixion, to Heaven and Hell. Twelve more traditional Dance Macabre figures surround the central image.
Date circa 1700
date QS:P,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Harry Ransom Center, item #304: http://research.hrc.utexas.edu:8080/hrcxtf/view?docId=ead/00484p2.xml
Author Publ. by heirs of Johann Peter Wolff.
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current15:29, 16 September 2012Thumbnail for version as of 15:29, 16 September 2012490 × 624 (154 KB)Michael Hurst (talk | contribs){{Information |Description ={{en|1=A hand-colored German broadside of the ''Danse Macabre''. Nine women of different social rank from empress to fool dance with the dead around two skeletons in a coffin. The entire economy of salvation is depicted, ...