The Dance of Death: Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans HolbeinDouce, Francis
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The Dance of Death: Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein
Douce, Francis
Bible. Old Testament -- Illustrations; Dance of death
A German anonymous print, apparently from a book of emblems, representing
Death waiting with a scythe to cut off the following persons: 1. A lady.
2. A gentleman. 3. An advocate. 4. A soldier: and, 5. A preacher. Each has
an inscription. 1. Ich todt euch alle (I kill you all). 2. Ich erfrew euch
alle (I rejoice you all). 3. Ich eruhr euch alle (I honour you all). 4.
Ich red fur euch alle (I speak for you all). 5. Ich fecht fur euch alle (I
fight for you all). 6. Ich bett fur euch alle (I pray for you all). With
verses at bottom, in Latin and German. Oblong, 5-1/4 by 4.
An anonymous engraving of a naked youth who with a sword strikes at the
head of Death pursuing another youth. Oblong, 9-1/2 by 5-1/2.
An upright engraving, 5-1/2 by 4, representing a young man on horseback
holding a hawk on his fist, and surrounded by various animals. Death
holding an hour-glass, strikes at him with his dart. Behind, the tree of
knowledge, with the serpent and apple. At bottom, on the right, are the
initials T. P. ex.
An engraving of the Duke of Savoy, who, attended by his guards, receives
petitions from various persons. Before him stands in a cloud the angel of
Death, who points towards heaven. At bottom, on the left, "Delphinus
pinxit. Brambilla del. 1676," and on the right, "Nobilis de Piene S. R. C.
Prim. cælator f. Taur." Oblong, 10-1/2 by 7-1/2.
An engraving by De Gheyn, intitled, "Vanitas, idelheit." A lady is sitting
at a table, on which is a box of jewels and a heap of money. A hideous
female Death strikes at her with a flaming dart, which, at the same time,
scatters the leaves of a flower which she holds in her left hand. Upright,
9 by 7.
A very small circular wood-cut, apparently some printer's device,
representing an old and a young man, holding up a mirror, in which is
reflected the figure of Death standing behind them, with the motto,
"Beholde your glory."
An anonymous print of Death and the miser. Death seizes his money, which
he conveys into a dish. Upright, 3-1/2 by 2-1/2. It is a copy from the
same subject in the Lyons wood-cuts.
1700-1800.
An anonymous modern copy of Death and the bridegroom, copied from the
Lyons wood-cuts, edition 1562.
An etching of Death, with an hour-glass in one hand and a cane in the
other, entering a room where a poor poet has been writing, and who would
willingly dispense with the visit. At bottom "And when Death himself
knocked at my door, ye bad him come again; and in so gay a tone of
careless indifference did ye do it, that he doubted of his commission.
There must certainly be some mistake in this matter, quoth he." The same
in Italian. This is one of Patch's caricatures after Ghezzi. Upright,
16-1/2 by 12.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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