he duke turns his face away from the poor beggars in disgust, but there's one beggar that
he can't ignore: He is grabbed by Death, who wears a crown of oak leaves.
The hourglass stands in the tower window.
Holbein's dance of death has also inspired the dance of death in Chur in Switzerland - see picture to the right.
Variations: Birckmann leaves out the round tower; instead he places the hourglass
on a cornice.
Valvasor copies ham.
he duke turns his face away from the poor beggars in disgust, but there's one beggar that
he can't ignore: He is grabbed by Death, who wears a crown of oak leaves.
The hourglass stands in the tower window.
Dances of death
Holbein