The Queen (plate)

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The Queen (plate) is a specific woodcut from the "Dance of Death" series, depicting a queen confronted by Death as part of the allegorical exploration of mortality.

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The Queen (plate) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf print ⓘ
woodcut ⓘ
allegoricalFunction to show that nobility cannot escape death ⓘ
artHistoricalContext late medieval and early modern Dance of Death tradition ⓘ
artworkType relief print ⓘ
belongsToCategory European printmaking ⓘ
religious and moral prints ⓘ
depicts Death ⓘ
queen ⓘ
featuresCharacterType personification of Death ⓘ
royalty ⓘ
genre allegorical art ⓘ
iconographicTradition Danse Macabre ⓘ
linked to: Danse macabre
intendedFunction moral warning about mortality ⓘ
mainTheme inevitability of death ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
narrativeRole memento mori image ⓘ
partOf Dance of Death ⓘ
series Dance of Death series ⓘ
subjectMatter queen confronted by Death ⓘ
symbolizes death’s power over all social ranks ⓘ
transience of earthly power ⓘ
technique woodcut printing ⓘ
visualGenre figurative representation ⓘ
visualMotif confrontation between living and Death ⓘ

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