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TITLE OF WORK: Macabre dance (Danse macabre). Detail - 2

TYPE OF WORK: Painting, mural

DATE: 1460

DATE DETAILS: approx.

DIMENSIONS: 140 cm height

COMMENTS: Gothic art. A pope, an emperor, a cardinal and a nobleman are made to dance by skeletons, to show that all are equal in front of death.

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France

DANCE FORM: macabre, death

KEYWORDS: religion