CHAPTER XIV.

Single prints connected with the Dance of Death.

1500—1600.

(N.B. The right and left hands are those of the spectator. The print!on w9od are so specified.)

j N ancient engraving, in the manner ofIsrael Van Meckenen. Death is playingat chess with a king, who is alarmed atan impending check-mate. A pope,II cardinal, bishop, and other persons arej looking on. Above are three labels,Bartsch, x. 55, No. 32.

Albert Durer's knight preceded byDeath, and followed by a demon, a well-known and beau-tiful engraving.

A very scarce and curious engraving, representing theinterior of a brothel. At the feet of a bed a man is sittingby a woman almost naked, who puts her hand into hispurse, and clandestinely delivers the money she takes fromit to a fellow standing behind one of the curtains. Onthe opposite side is a grinning fool making significant signswith his fingers to a figure of Death peeping in at a windowThis singular print has the mark L upon it, and is some-thing in the manner of Lucas Van Ley den, but is not