The dance of death at Basel: death and the abbot. 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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Bâle [Basel] : Albert Sattler, Editeur

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1 print : lithograph, printed with beige background ; image 16.9 x 12.6 cm

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DerTod zum Abt. Herr Abt! ich zieh euch die Nfflen ab, desshalb nutzt euch nicht mehr der Stab: sind ihr g'wesen ein guter Hirt hie eurer Schaaf, die Ehr euch wird. Antwort des Abts. Ich hab mich als ein Abt erhebt, und in hohen Ehren g'lebt: auch setzt' sich niemand wider mich, dannoch bin ich dem Tod geleich. Lettering incomplete Bears number top right : No. 12.

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 30349i

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