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eath drags the nobleman towards a flag draped coffin on a stretcher.
It's the same kind of coffin that stands behind the duke in Holbein's dance of death alphabet
(picture to the right).
Variations: Birckmann changes the angle of the coffin and places the hourglass behind Death instead of behind the nobleman. Valvasor and Deuchar copies Birckmann.
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| Les Simulachres (1538) |
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| Vogtherr (1544) |
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| Birckmann (1555) |
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| Eberhard Kieser (1617) |
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| Valvasor (1682) |
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| Mechel (1780) |
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| Deuchar (1788) |
Dances of death
Holbein
Dance of death
Nobleman