Den unge mand og Døden 1880

"Den unge mand og Døden" (The Young Man and Death), an etching created in 1880 by Danish artist Carl Bloch (1834-1890), depicts a young man kneeling before Death, who is personified as a skeletal woman, and the contrast between youth and mortality. The artwork, currently housed at the SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst, highlights Bloch's mastery of etching, evident in the detailed rendering of the figures and the atmospheric use of light and shadow. This print serves as a poignant reminder of life's fragility and the inevitability of death.