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Etching of skeletons and two men playing cards at a table, framed by columns with two philosophers, with Latin text below.

Dodendans

An etching in an architectural frame with columns and two standing philosophers, one on each side. Within, a skeleton looms behind a card table where two seated men play, while another skeleton reaches toward them above a Latin inscription.

Artist
Wenceslaus Hollar
Date
1651
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3927 × 3830 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1651.
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: Dodendans (Danza de la muerte) de Wenceslaus Hollar

Un grabado en un marco arquitectónico con columnas y dos filósofos de pie, uno a cada lado. En el centro, un esqueleto se alza tras una mesa de naipes donde juegan dos hombres sentados, mientras otro esqueleto se acerca a ellos, sobre un texto en latín.

Português: Dodendans (Dança da Morte) de Wenceslaus Hollar

Uma gravura em moldura arquitetônica com colunas e dois filósofos em pé, um de cada lado. No centro, um esqueleto surge atrás de uma mesa de cartas onde dois homens sentados jogam, enquanto outro esqueleto se aproxima deles, acima de um texto em latim.

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