Old man Noblewoman

 
Countess  
 

Countess or Bride

A necklace of bones D eath helps the maid dressing the countess with a necklace made of little bones (see detail to the right).

Variations: Various forms of the rosette on the long side of the table. Birckmann has placed a face in the rosette and has placed a picture frame and an oval box on the table. This is imitated by Hollar and Deuchar.

Various Artists

Holbein 1538: Countess
Holbein (1538)
Vogtherr 1544: Countess
Vogtherr (1544)
Birckmann 1555: Countess
Birckmann (1555)
Scharffenberg 1576: Countess
Scharffenberg (1576)
Kieser 1617: Countess
Kieser (1617)
Hollar 1651: Countess
Hollar (1651)
Wolsschaten 1654: Countess
Wolsschaten (1654)
Valvasor 1682: Countess
Valvasor (1682)
Mechel 1780: Countess
Mechel (1780)
Deuchar 1788: Countess
Deuchar (1788)
Bewick 1789: Countess
Bewick (1789)
Anderson 1810: Countess
Anderson (1810)
Hollar (colour) 1816: Countess
Hollar (colour) (1816)
Bechstein 1831: Countess
Bechstein (1831)
Schlotthauer 1832: Countess
Schlotthauer (1832)
Douce 1833: Countess
Douce (1833)
Helmuth 1836: Duchess
Helmuth (1836)

Old man Noblewoman Up to Holbein's great dance of death