Introduction of the fresco：The historical context of this mural is the triumph of death, which became a popular artistic theme throughout Europe in the aftermath of the deadliest epidemic in human history (the Black Death) from 1346-1353. This mural shows Death wielding a bow and arrow, with another weapon hidden in his belt. Death rides through a crowd of corpses while aiming at several young nobles. Behind him, several others are begging to be released from their suffering.Guillaume Spicre speculates that the technique used for this fresco was to paint the wall with freshly applied plaster, using water-based pigments. In this way, the painting became an integral part of the plaster as it dried back. Cecily Brown chose to reinterpret the painting in response to an invitation she received from Blenheim Palace in Oxford in 2008. Cecily Brown's reinterpretation of the mural shows skeletal horses and riders bursting into view, replacing the original figures - the Emperor, Pope, Bishop, Poet, Knight and Maiden - and replacing them with scarlet hunting coats of Soldiers and hunters, trampled amongst the scattered Remembrance Day poppies of fallen soldiers, gentlemen and fox-skinned ladies oblivious to the chaos rushing towards them.