To: SunkenCiv
Relax - it's not a demon, it's the personification of death. Reynolds was drawing on a long tradition.
"Dance of Death" drawings were popular from medieval times right up into the 18th century. They simply drew the moral that death comes for all - from the highest to the lowest.
One of the best known is Hans Holbein's series.
Holbein - Dance of Death
18 posted on
01/24/2025 6:09:54 PM PST by
AnAmericanMother
(Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
To: AnAmericanMother
Personification of death, grim reaper, etc, got more attention in graphic arts during the recurring bouts of The Plague.
20 posted on
01/24/2025 6:11:50 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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