The Mother and child

Mother and child

Placement in the painting

Holbein, child

Death goes away with the swaddled child and is even trying to take the older sister as well. Death has the same headdress as the mother.

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Dances of death often end with the child who has the lowest position in society. You can see a parallel to the painting in Holbein's child (pictured right), where Death strolls away with the youngest son, while mother and elder brother watch in horror.

Dances of death Danish dances of death National museum Mother and child