he count prays for his life to be spared, while Death is about to crush him with his own shield.
Death is dressed as a peasant and steps on a flail. All this are allusions to the peasants' rebellion
in Germany, Austria
and Switzerland 1524-1526 (the very years that Holbein and Lützelburger designed the woodcuts).
Variations: Birckmann replaces the sprouting stalks with a tree. The count's helmet (lying on the ground)
is turned over.
Valvasor, Hollar and Deuchar copies Birckmann.
he count prays for his life to be spared, while Death is about to crush him with his own shield.
Death is dressed as a peasant and steps on a flail. All this are allusions to the peasants' rebellion
in Germany, Austria
and Switzerland 1524-1526 (the very years that Holbein and Lützelburger designed the woodcuts).
Dances of death
Holbein