Danse Macabre
Bernt Notke · 1490
Why it's great
A long painted frieze shows skeletons leading people of every rank in a dance toward the grave. Bernt Notke made it around 1490 for a church in Tallinn, in the years when plague and death were never far from people's thoughts.
🏛️ Part of history
The Black Death (1347–1351) — A long painted frieze shows skeletons leading people of every rank in a dance toward the grave.
Where to see it
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Hang it on your wall
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Bernt Notke was a German painter and sculptor born in the Baltic region around 1440. He worked in Lübeck, Tallinn and Stockholm, and made big works for churches, including the Danse Macabre in Tallinn. He died in Lübeck in 1509.
