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Engraving of skeletal Death pulling robed figures and a crowd past a fallen beam, with a horse at right and verse text below.

Nieuwe Dodendans

A skeletal Death in a long shroud grips a woman's arm and pulls a crowd of figures toward a broken pile of stones and a fallen beam. A robed woman holds a sword and a raised figure brandishes a torch, while a horse looms at right and a dark hooded figure stands at the edge. Verse text appears in four columns below.

Artist
F. Berger, after drawing by Alfred Rethel
Date
1848-1849
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 3247 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1849.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Español: Nueva danza de la muerte, la Muerte guiando a figuras

Una Muerte esquelética envuelta en una larga mortaja sujeta el brazo de una mujer y arrastra a un grupo de figuras hacia un montón de piedras rotas y una viga caída. Una mujer con túnica sostiene una espada, otra figura alza una antorcha y un caballo aparece a la derecha. Abajo, cuatro columnas de versos.

Português: Nova dança da morte, a Morte conduzindo figuras

Uma Morte esquelética envolta em uma longa mortalha segura o braço de uma mulher e puxa um grupo de figuras em direção a um monte de pedras quebradas e a uma viga caída. Uma mulher de manto segura uma espada, outra figura ergue uma tocha e um cavalo surge à direita. Abaixo, quatro colunas de versos.

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