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Danse macabre by Michael Wolgemut
The Dance of Death (1493) by Michael Wolgemut, from the Liber chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel.

Dance of Death (French: Danse Macabre; Italian: Danza Macabra; German: Totentanz) is a late-medieval allegory on death: no matter who a person is, the dance of death unites all.

Images for kids

  • Charnier at Saints Innocents Cemetery

    Charnel house at Holy Innocents' Cemetery, Paris, with mural of a Danse Macabre (1424–25)

  • Holbein Danse Macabre 5

    from Holbein's Simolachri, Historie, e Figure de la Morte (In Lyone Appresso Giovan Frellone, 1549)

  • Holbein Danse Macabre 37

    The Pedlar from Holbein's Simolachri, Historie, e Figure de la Morte (In Lyone Appresso Giovan Frellone, 1549)

  • Holbein Danse Macabre 38

    The Plowman from Holbein's Simolachri, Historie, e Figure de la Morte, 1549

  • Holbein Danse Macabre 15

    The Abbess from Holbein's Simolachri, Historie, e Figure de la Morte, 1549

  • Vilnius - St. Peter and St. Paul's Church 10

    Danse Macabre, a reminder of the universality of death in the St. Peter and St. Paul church, Vilnius

  • Totentanz Maria im Fels Beram

    The fresco at the back wall of the chapel of Sv. Marija na Škrilinama in the Istrian town of Beram (1474), painted by Vincent of Kastav, Croatia

  • Hrastovlje Dans3

    Johannes de Castua: Detail of the Dance Macabre fresco (1490) in the Holy Trinity Church in Hrastovlje, Slovenia

  • Dance of Death (replica of 15th century fresco; National Gallery of Slovenia)

    Dance of Death (replica of 15th century fresco; National Gallery of Slovenia)

  • Totentanz in Hrastovlje

    The famous Danse Macabre in Hrastovlje in the Holy Trinity Church

  • Trionfo della morte - Chiesa S. Maria Annunciata - Bienno (ph Luca Giarelli)

    Danse Macabre in St Maria in Bienno, 16th century

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Danza de la Muerte para niños

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