Otto Stuckert / Felix Schneider

The 1875-edition

The ossuary

Published by Otto Stuckert in 1858 and by Felix Schneider in 1875. The artist is unknown but he has copied Chovin. For instance he has drawn ivy to the right of the doorway to the ossuary, and copied those villages in the background that Chovin had added.

X. v. BiZ

The Abbess. Coloured copy from 1875

Along with the engravings are the trilingual introduction and the trilingual verses from the late editions of Chovin. I have placed these translations under each dancer.

Resources

• The University of Düsseldorf has a copy of Stuckert from 1858: The dance of death : engraved from the fresco-paintings on the cemetery wall of St. John's church at Basle
• The same library also has a coloured copy of Schneider from 1875: La danse des morts : gravée d'après les tableaux à fresque qui se trouvaient sur le mur du cimitière de l'église de St. Jean à Bâle
• The Internet Archive also has a copy of the 1858 edition: The dance of death : engraved from the fresco-paintings on the cemetery wall of St. John's church at Basle

Coloured edition, ca. 1880

Edition from 1858

Preacher

Ossuary

Pope

Emperor

Empress

King

Queen

Cardinal

Bishop

Duke

Duchess

Count

Abbot

Knight

Lawyer

Senator

Canon

Physician

Nobleman

Noblewoman

Merchant

Abbess

Cripple

Hermit

Young man

Usurer

Young woman

Musician

Herald

Mayor

Executioner

Fool

Merchant

Blind man

Jew

Heathen

Heathen woman

Cook

Peasant

Painter

Mother and child

Adam and Eve

Double portrait

In this Section about Basel

• Der Todendantz
• Huldrich Frölich
  • Zwen Todentäntz
  • Der Hochloblichen Statt Basel
• Hans Bock the Elder
• Johann Gross
• Coloured gouaches
• Matthew Merian
  • Merian's preface (German text)
• The Family Mechel
• Emanuel Büchel
• Jacques-Anthony Chovin
• Hans Kluber
• Rudolf Feyerabend
• Hieronymus Hess
• Beck
• Kleinbasel / Klingental
• Demolition of the wall

Dances of death Basel Stuckert / Schneider