The dance of death at Basel: death and the doctor. 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 17 x 13.1 cm

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Tod zum Doctor. Herr Doctor b'schaut die Anatomen an mir, ob sie recht g'machet sen: Dann du hast manchen auch hing'richt, der eben gleich, wie ich jetzt sicht. Antwort des Doctors. Ich hab mit meinem Wasserb'schauen geholffen beyde, Mann und Frauen: wer b'schaut mir nun das Wasser myn? Ich muss jetzt mit dem Tod dahin. Lettering incomplete Bears number top right : No. 17.

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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 30354i

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