# The Triumph of Death: The Proclamation

By [Alphonse Legros](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/alphonse-legros.md>), c. 1880.

## Details

- Medium: etching
- Collection: [Cleveland Museum of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-36a1fc18d246201d.md>)

[View collection record](<https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.317>)

- Categories: Print, Works on Paper
- Styles: [Realism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/realism.md>)

## Image

![A dark hooded figure raises an arm over a heap of fallen bodies beneath a fluttering canopy.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-36a1fc18d246201d-66f876c31c5dbc10/full.jpg?v=488d8dbdae9422b0788ccd71c2af165444d85ce64596835d5f7758edf3e7b1d3>)

## Sources & credits

- The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1945.317. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection. CC0 Open Access.
- Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art

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