A Reminder of Mortality

A Reminder of Mortality. The Dance of Death mural was commissioned by the Council of Basel in 1431, during the time of the Black Death, as a reminder of the tr…

Location: Predigerkirche, Basel, Switzerland

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The Dance of Death mural was commissioned by the Council of Basel in 1431, during the time of the Black Death, as a reminder of the transience of human life and the inevitability of death.

Source: Der Todten-Tanz, wie derselbe in der weitberühmten Stadt Basel : als ein Spiegel menschlicher Beschaffenheit, ganz künstlich ... gemahlet, nicht ohne nützliche Verwunderung zu sehen ist

A Reminder of Mortality — Basel, Canton of Zurich

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