Death as Conqueror over the Barricades

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Death as Conqueror over the Barricades

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Alfred Rethel
…most famous of his series, “Death as Conqueror over the Barricades” (1848), shows a skeleton on horseback leading revolutionaries past corpses and mourners. In its precision of line and mood, it is reminiscent of Albrecht Dürer’s drawings.
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…most famous of his series, “Death as Conqueror over the Barricades” (1848), shows a skeleton on horseback leading revolutionaries past corpses and mourners. In its precision of line and mood, it is reminiscent of Albrecht Dürer’s drawings.
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