He could see only two explanations for this strange silence: Either La Danse Macabre had not been a painting but a theatrical performance, or else, and this was what Langlois was inclined to believe, the painting had quickly perished. Langlois listed a catalogue of historians, who all had failed to mention the mural:

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Hecouldseeonlytwoexplanationsforthisstrangesilence:EitherLaDanseMacabrehadnotbeenapaintingbutatheatricalperformance,orelse,andthiswaswhatLangloiswasinclinedtobelieve,thepaintinghadquicklyperished.Langloislistedacatalogueofhistorians,whoallhadfailedtomentionthemural: