The Child (plate)

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The Child (plate) is a specific woodcut from the "Dance of Death" series, depicting Death confronting or claiming a child as part of the allegorical cycle on mortality.

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Label Occurrences
The Child (plate) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork ⓘ
woodcut print ⓘ
artForm printmaking ⓘ
associatedConcept Danse Macabre ⓘ
linked to: Danse macabre

late medieval attitudes toward death ⓘ
culturalContext Christian Europe ⓘ
linked to: Christendom
depicts Death confronting a child ⓘ
inevitability of death ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
function didactic reminder of mortality ⓘ
moral instruction ⓘ
genre allegorical art ⓘ
memento mori ⓘ
mainSubject Death ⓘ
child ⓘ
movement Northern Renaissance ⓘ
narrativeRole scene of a child claimed by Death ⓘ
partOf Dance of Death ⓘ
linked to: The Dance of Death
series Dance of Death series ⓘ
seriesPosition one scene among multiple social types in Dance of Death ⓘ
symbolizes death’s reach over all ages ⓘ
inevitability of death even for children ⓘ
technique woodcut ⓘ
theme death of the innocent ⓘ
fragility of life ⓘ
moral allegory ⓘ
universality of death ⓘ
visualMotif confrontation between Death and the living ⓘ
personification of Death ⓘ
small child ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dance of Death woodcuts → hasPart → The Child (plate) ⓘ