The dance of death at Basel: death and the herald. Lithograph by G. Danzer after H. Hess.

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The dance of death at Basel: death and the herald. Lithograph by G. Danzer after H. Hess. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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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 13.5 cm

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Der Tod zum Herold. Herold, in deiner rothen Kappen! jetztmals muss ich dich auch ertappen: ben Fürsten warst du lieb und werth, dein Stab wirf von dir auf die Erd. Antwort des Herolds. Dem Kanser was ich lieb und werth, von ihm hatt' ich Geschenk und Pferdt: mein Reden hat manchen erschreckt; nun hat der Tod mein Schwätzen g'legt. Bears number top right : No. 28.

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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
The Dance of Death at Basle, printed for C.F. Beck, Basle 1852

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