The dance of death at Basel: death and the lawyer. 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 16.9 x 13.1 cm

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Der Tod zum Juristen. Es hilfft da kein Fund noch Hofieren, kein Aufzug oder Appellieren: der Tod zwinget alle Geschlecht, darzu geistlich und weltlich Recht. Antwort des Juristen. Von Gott all' Recht gegeben sind, wie man die in den Büchern find't: kein Jurist soll dieselbig biegen, die Lug hassen, die Wahrheit lieben. Lettering incomplete

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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 30351i

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