The dance of death at Basel: death and the young man. 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 16.8 x 13.4 cm

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Der Tod zum Jüngling. Jüngling! wo willt du hin spaziren? Ein andern Weg will ich dich führen; allda wirst du dein Buhlschaft finden, das thu ich dir jetzund verkünden. Antwort des Jünglings. Mit Schlemmen, Demmen und mit Prassen, des Nachts Hofiren auf der Gassen, darinn hatt' ich mein Muth und Freud, gedacht wenig an den Abscheid. Bears number top right : No. 24.