The dance of death at Basel: death and the Pope. Lithograph by F. Hasler 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
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1 print : lithograph ; image 16.9 x 12.9 cm
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Der Tod zum Pabst. Komm, heiliger Vatter, werther Mann! Ein Vortanz müsst ihr mit mir han: der Ablass euch nicht hilfft davon, das zmenfach Creutz und drenfach Cron. Antwort des Pabsts. Heilig war ich auf Erd genannt, ohn Gott der Höchst führt' ich mein Stand: der Ablass that mir gar wohl lohnen. Nun will der Tod mein nicht verschonen.
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 30290i
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