Macabre
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In art, the term macabre means "having a grim or ghastly atmosphere".
Totentanz ("Dance of the Dead"), illustration from the Nuremberg Chronicle, by Hartmann Schedel (1440–1514)
A death head wearing the Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire, on the sarcophagus of Habsburg emperor Charles VI in the crypt of the Capuchin
Upper section of the Transi of René de Chalon. Sculpture by Ligier Richier, c. 1545–1547
Charles VI was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Austrian Habsburg monarchy from 1711 until his death, succeeding his elder brother, Joseph I. He unsuccessfully claimed the throne of Spain following
Macabre
…Chronicle, by Hartmann Schedel (1440–1514) A death head wearing the Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire, on the sarcophagus of Habsburg emperor Charles VI in the crypt of the Capuchin Upper section of the Transi of René de Chalon. Sculpture by Ligier Richier, c. 1545–1547 In art, the term macabre (US: or…
Portrait of Charles VI in the Order of the Golden Fleece by Johann Gottfried Auerbach, c. 1730s)
The future Emperor Charles VI
Portrait of a young Archduke Charles during the War of the Spanish Succession
Charles VI on a silver Thaler, 1721