The dance of death at Basel: death and the knight. 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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1 print : lithograph, printed with beige background ; image 16.6 x 13.1 cm

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Der Tod zum Ritter. Herr Ritter! ihr sind angeschrieben, Ritterschafft die müssen ihr treiben mit dem Tode und seinen Knechten; es hilfft weder Streiten noch Fechten. Antwort des Ritters. Ich, als ein strenger Ritter gut, hab der Welt dient mit hohem Muth; nun bin ich, wider Ritters-Orden, an diesen Tanz gezwungen worden. Bears number top right : No. 13.

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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 30350i

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