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The
Death of the
Grave-digger
by Carlos
Schwabe (1877-1927)
The Swiss-German
Symbolist's
painting of
the Angel
of Death shows
her graceful
wing sweeping
down, like
the scythe
of the Grim
Reaper, even
as it seems
to gently
embrace her
victim. The
model for
the Angel
was the artist's
wife. In addition
to his paintings,
Carlos Schwabe
is also known
as an illustrator
of many books
of Symbolist
poetry, including
The Flowers
of Evil by
Charles Baudelaire.
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