The dancer is Barbarina, and the painter — Samuel Beck — probably found her portrait in the same place, which he found the portrait of Adrienne Lecouvreur, namely in the Count of Gotter, Gustav Adolf's gallery.
In Kruspe's drawing (right), Death is in the same costume as when he came for the actress, and he plays for her with his gig / violin.
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The word "Leaçons" is deliberately foreign. Götz spells it "Leexion", while Pohle spells it "Lektion".