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

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30330i
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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 : Albert Sattler, Editeur

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1 print : lithograph, printed with beige background ; image 16.8 x 13 cm

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Der Tod zur Herzogin. Frau Herzogin, sind wohlgemuth! Oh ihr schon sind vom edlen Blut, hochgeachtet auf dieser Erd, hab ich euch dennoch lieb und werth. Antwort der Herzogin. Ach Gott, der armen Lauten Thon! Muss ich mit dem Greuling darvon: heut Herzogin, und nimmermeh, ach Angst und Noth! O weh, o weh!

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 30330i

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