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''Death and the Maiden'' (''Der Tod und das Mädchen'' in German) was a common motif in

Renaissance art Renaissance art (1350 – 1620 AD) is the painting, sculpture, and decorative arts of the period of European history known as the Renaissance, which emerged as a distinct style in Italy in about AD 1400, in parallel with developments which occ ...

, especially painting and prints in Germany. The usual form shows just two figures, with a young woman being seized by a personification of Death, often shown as a skeleton. Variants may include other figures. It developed from the

Danse Macabre The ''Danse Macabre'' (; ) (from the French language), also called the Dance of Death, is an artistic genre of allegory of the Late Middle Ages on the universality of death. The ''Danse Macabre'' consists of the dead, or a personification of ...

with an added erotic subtext. The German artist

Hans Baldung Hans Baldung (1484 or 1485 – September 1545), called Hans Baldung Grien, (being an early nickname, because of his predilection for the colour green), was a painter, printer, engraver, draftsman, and stained glass artist, who was considered t ...

depicted it several times.Le Mort dans l'Art The motif was revived during the romantic era in the arts, a notable example being

Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wor ...

song A song is a musical composition intended to be performed by the human voice. This is often done at distinct and fixed pitches (melodies) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs contain various forms, such as those including the repetitio ...

Der Tod und das Mädchen "" (, "Death and the Maiden"), 531; Op. 7, No. 3, is a lied composed by Franz Schubert in February 1817. It was published by Cappi Diabelli in Vienna in November 1821. The text is derived from a poem written by German poet Matthias Claudius ...

", setting a poem by the German poet

Matthias Claudius Matthias Claudius (15 August 1740 – 21 January 1815) was a German poet and journalist, otherwise known by the pen name of “Asmus”. Life Claudius was born at Reinfeld, near Lübeck, and studied at Jena. He spent the greater part of his li ...

. Part of the piano part was re-used in Schubert's famous String Quartet No. 14, which is therefore also known by this title, in either English or German. File:Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Hans Baldung, der Tod und das Mädchen.JPG,

Hans Baldung Grien Hans Baldung (1484 or 1485 – September 1545), called Hans Baldung Grien, (being an early nickname, because of his predilection for the colour green), was a painter, printer, engraver, draftsman, and stained glass artist, who was considered t ...

, 1509–11, Vienna File:Hans Burgkmair the elder - Lovers Surprised by Death - Google Art Project.jpg,

Hans Burgkmair Hans Burgkmair the Elder (1473–1531) was a German painter and woodcut printmaker. Background Hans Burgkmair was born in Augsburg, the son of painter Thomas Burgkmair. His own son, Hans the Younger, later became a painter as well. From 1488, Bu ...

, ''Lovers Surprised by Death'', 1510 File:Niklaus Manuel Deutsch 003.jpg,

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by Niklaus Manuel Deutsch I, 1517 File:1520 Schwarz - Death and the Maiden anagoria.JPG,

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carving by Hans Schwarz, c. 1520 File:Death and the Standing Nude.jpg, Small

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Barthel Beham Barthel Beham (or Bartel)With manother variants/ref> (1502–1540) was a German Engraving, engraver, miniaturist, and Painting, painter. Biography The younger brother of Hans Sebald Beham, he was born into a family of artists in Nuremberg. Learn ...

, 1547 File:Edvard Munch - Death and Life - Google Art Project.jpg, Edvard Munch, Death and Life, 1894 File:La jeune fille..Lévy Nancy 2718.jpg, ''La jeune fille et la mort'' by Henri-Léopold Lévy, 1900 File:Death and the Maiden by Elna Borch, 1905 - Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek - Copenhagen - DSC09501.JPG, Elna Borch, 1905,

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File:Heinrich Hoerle Der Tod und das Mädchen c1919.jpg, Heinrich Hoerle, c. 1919

Selected versions

*Painting: ''Death and the Maiden'' (''Der Tod und das Mädchen'') by Niklaus Manuel Deutsch I (1517) *Painting: '' Death and the Maiden'' (''Der Tod und das Mädchen'') by

(1517) *Engraving: ''Death and the Maiden'' (''Døden og Piken'') by Edvard Munch (1894) *Painting: ''Death and the Maiden'' (''Der Tod und das Mädchen'') by Adolf Hering (1900) - the painting is part of a private collection, the location is unknown. *Painting: ''Death and the Maiden'' by

Marianne Stokes Marianne Stokes (née Preindlsberger; 1855–1927) was an Austrian painter. She settled in England after her marriage to Adrian Scott Stokes (1854–1935), the landscape painter, whom she had met in Pont-Aven. Stokes was considered one of the le ...

(1908) *Painting: ''Death and the Maiden'' (''Tod und Mädchen'') by Egon Schiele (1915) *Drawing: ''Death and the Maiden'' (''Der Tod und das Mädchen'') by

Clara Siewert Clara Siewert (9 December 1862, Budda (Pomerania) – 11 October 1945, Berlin) was a German Symbolist painter, graphic artist and sculptor; associated with the Berlin Secession. Biography She was born to a family of Baltic-Germans who h ...

(1920s) *Drawing: ''Death and the Maiden'' (''Der Tod und das Mädchen'') by

Joseph Beuys Joseph Heinrich Beuys ( , ; 12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986) was a German artist, teacher, performance artist, and art theorist whose work reflected concepts of humanism, sociology, and anthroposophy. He was a founder of a provocative art mov ...

(1959)

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References

''Death and the Maiden''
@ La Mort dans l'Art {{Death and mortality in art Iconography Women and death Renaissance art Romanticism Personifications of death Visual motifs