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1637 · Getruckt bey David Hautt · 2 pictures

This 1637 German-language broadside-style book, printed in Lucerne by David Hautt, is a Dance of Death (Totentanz) for the people of all estates, printed for a Swiss readership. The first picture is a dark, intricate ornamental rosette of interlaced foliage and scrollwork, which a designer could borrow for borders, corner pieces or repeat patterns, while the second is a woodcut of a skeleton dancing beside a richly dressed figure within a framed panel, useful for memento mori motifs and pictorial framing.

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