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Black-and-white print of a crowded street with a robed man holding scales over a table, a cloaked figure and child at right, and a banner above.

Nieuwe Dodendans

A black-and-white print shows a crowded street where a robed man lifts scales above a table as townspeople gesture around him. At right, a cloaked figure bends over a small child beside a horse, below a banner reading Freiheit, Gleichheit, Brüderlichkeit; verses run along the bottom.

Artist
Oskar Friedrich Schmidt, after drawing by Alfred Rethel
Date
1848-1849
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 3144 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

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