A group of doctors interact with skeletons. In the background is a table filled with bottles and medicines.

Death and the Doctors (Der Tod und die Artzte) from “The Elli Dance of Death”

Hans Grohs

1924

  • Titles Death and the Doctors (Der Tod und die Artzte) from "The Elli Dance of Death" (Proper)
  • Artist Hans Grohs, German, 1892 - 1981
  • Medium woodcut
  • Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Frauke Grohs Collinson in memory of Noyes Collinson, 1990.101.2
  • Object Name print
  • Classification Prints

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On the right, a skeleton dressed in a coat and hat stands holding a flag as he looks to the right. On the left, several men shoot guns and others fall backwards.
A figure stands in the center dressed in ancient armor. His sword is drawn and raised upwards. He stands surrounded by a crowd of figures. One figure lays on the ground beneath his feet. One figure sits on horseback.
A man sits in the bottom left with his head resting in his hands. Around him is a body of water with a ship floating towards him. In the background is a cityscape with a crowd of people gathered along the sidewalk below.
A grassy field leads up to a hill in the background that contains a monument on top of it. A house sits to the left of the field. The sky is full of bulbous clouds.