The Dance of Death.
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An anonymous engraving of a young gallant looking upto an image of Hope placed on a bag of money, near whichplate, jewels, and money lie scattered on the ground.Death enters at a door, holding a circle in one hand and adart with the other, in a menacing attitude. At bottom,these Latin lines :
Namque ubi Mors trucibus supra caput adstitit armis,Hei quam tunc nullo pondere nummus erit.
The same in Dutch. Upright, 8J by 6. This print wasafterwards copied in a reduced form into a book of emblems,with the title, " Stulte hoc nocte repetent animam tuam,"with verses in Latin, French, and German.
A small anonymous wood engraving of five Deathsdancing in a circle ; the motto, dooden dans op lestem,i.e. the last Dance of Death.
A very clever etching of a winged and laurelled Deathplaying on the bagpipe, and making his appearance toan old couple at table. The man puts off his cap andtakes the visitor by the hand, as if to bid him welcome.Eelow, two Dutch lines, beginning " Maerdie hier sterven,"&c. At top, on the left, " W. V. Yalckert, in. fe. 1612."Oblong, 81 by 6J.
A very complicated and anonymous allegorical print,with a great variety of figures. In the middle, Deathis striking with a sledge-hammer at a soul placed in acrucible over a sort of furnace. A demon with bellowsis blowing the fire, and a female, representing the world,is adding fuel to it. In various parts of the print areDutch inscriptions. Oblong, 10^- by 6.
Two old misers, a man and a woman. She weighs thegold, and he enters it in a book. Death with an hour-glass peeps in at one window, and the Devil at another.On the left stands a demon with a book and a purse ofmoney. On the right, in a corner, I. V. brvg : f. " Sevend chez Audran, rue S. Jaques aux deux piliers d'or."An upright mezzotint, n| by 8|.
Two old misers, a man and a woman. He holds a purse,and she weighs the money. Death behind lies in wait forthem. Below, a French stanza, beginning " Fol en cettenuit on te redemande ton ame," and the same in Latin,Below, " J. Meheux, sculp. A Paris ^hez Audran, rue St
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