The dance of death at Basel: death and the count. Lithograph by G. Danzer after H. Hess.
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These lithographs are derived from the dance of death frescos painted on the walls of the churchyard of the Dominican cloister in Basel. Executed between 1437 and 1441, these frescos were often altered and were finally removed in 1805 when damages could not be restored. Some of the wall fragments are preserved in the history museum in Basel
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Basel : Hasler & C.ie, éditeurs lithogr
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, printed with beige background ; image 16.9 x 13.5 cm
Lettering
Der Tod zum Grafen. Herr Graf, gebt mir das Bottenbrodt! Es zeucht euch hin der Vater Tod: Lasst euch nicht reuen weib und Kind; ihr müsst tanzen mit diesem G'find. Antwort des Grafen. In dieser Welt war ich bekannt, darzu ein edler Graf genannt; Nun bin ich von dem Tod gefällt, und her an diesen Tanz gestellt.
Lettering incomplete
Bears number top right : No. 11.
References note
S. Cosacchi, Makabertanz; Der Totentanz in Kunst, Poesie und Brauchtum des Mittelalters, Meisenheim am Glan 1965, pp. 759-764, pp. 816-817
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Wellcome Collection 30347i
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