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One of Friedrich Friedländer’s best-known paintings, The Death of Tasso, depicts the death of the Italian poet Torquato Tasso (1544–1595). Tasso was famous for his epic poem, La Gerusalemme liberate (…
The Last Breath is one of the genre paintings depicting the lives of fishermen and their families for which Jozef Israëls was best known. In this scene, a woman is weeping over the body of her husband…
This paper cut, commemorating the anniversary of a date of death, originates from Galicia.
Women played key roles in preparing the deceased for burial. This painting shows women’s involvement in the ultimate act of generosity.
