Death and the Maiden (motif)

Hans Baldung Grien, Der Tod und das Mädchen, 1517

Death and the Maiden was a common motif in Renaissance art, especially in painting and music. It developed from the Dance of Death, with an added erotic subtext. German artist Hans Baldung Grien depicted it several times in his paintings.

The motif was revived during the romantic era in the arts, a notable example being composer Franz Schubert's song "Der Tod und das Mädchen".

Selected versions

Painting: Deatha and the Maiden (Der Tod und das Mädchen) by Niklaus Manuel Deutsch (1517)
Painting: Death and the Maiden (Der Tod und das Mädchen) by Hans Baldung Grien (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 (1900)
Painting: Death and the Maiden (Der Tod und das Mädchen) by Egon Schiele (1915)
Drawing: Death and the Maiden (Der Tod und das Mädchen) by Clara Siewert (1920s)
Drawing: Death and the Maiden (Der Tod und das Mädchen) by Joseph Beuys (1959)

Death and mortality in art

Forms

Artwork

Architecture	Sedlec Ossuary

Film	The Seventh Seal

Literature	Ars moriendi Bardo Thodol Book of Job Book of the Dead Hamlet's soliloquy The Masque of the Red Death

Music	Danse macabre Der Erlkönig Der Tod und das Mädchen Totentanz

Painting	Et in Arcadia ego Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette La Calavera Catrina

Poetry	And death shall have no dominion Der Erlkönig Do not go gentle into that good night

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