Death Playing Chess, Copy of 15th Century Mural from Taby Church, Stockholm
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Title
Death Playing Chess, Copy of 15th Century Mural from Taby Church, Stockholm
Subject
Mural Painting
Description
This large mural painting from the fifteenth century, originally in Taby Church in Stockholm, shows Death playing chess with a man, as he does in Bergman's The Seventh Seal. It was painted by Albertus Pictor, a famous late medieval artist (who is also a character in The Seventh Seal). This image speaks to the popularity of such legends about Death in medieval Europe.
Creator
Albertus Pictor (1440 - 1507)
Source
Publisher
Statens Historiska Museum, http://historiska.se/home/.
Date
c. 1480
Contributor
Declan Murphy
Rights
Statens Historiska Museum. Available under Creative Commons noncommercial license.
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Sweden
Late Middle Ages (c. 1300 - 1500)
15th Century
c. 1480
Late Middle Ages (c. 1300 - 1500)
15th Century
c. 1480
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Mural painting
Physical Dimensions
Not available
Files
Collection
Citation
Albertus Pictor (1440 - 1507), “Death Playing Chess, Copy of 15th Century Mural from Taby Church, Stockholm,” Medieval Hollywood, accessed May 19, 2024, https://medievalhollywood.ace.fordham.edu/items/show/85.