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Alfred Rethel — Dance of Death:  Death as a Friend
Alfred Rethel

Dance of Death: Death as a Friend

1850

Part of Rethel's haunting reimagining of the medieval Dance of Death tradition, this woodcut presents the grim reaper as a deceptively benevolent companion, reflecting 19th-century anxieties about mortality and social upheaval.

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