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Brown print of men tumbling amid flags beside a barrel of loaves, with a skull-faced figure gripping a pole at right and German verse below.

Nieuwe Dodendans

A crowded woodcut-style print in brown ink shows men tumbling and struggling amid raised flags, with a barrel of loaves in the foreground and a gaunt figure with a skull-like face gripping a tall pole at right. Beneath the scene, a strip of German verse is printed in four columns.

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: Nieuwe Dodendans: escena de revuelta con figura calavérica

Una estampa abarrotada en tinta marrón muestra hombres cayendo y forcejeando entre banderas en alto, con un barril de panes en primer plano y, a la derecha, una figura demacrada de rostro semejante a una calavera que sostiene un asta alta. Bajo la escena, una franja de versos en alemán se imprime en cuatro columnas.

Português: Nieuwe Dodendans: cena de revolta com figura caveira

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