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LOT 32:
Zizenhausen figure, Basel, 19th century, "Totentanz" (Dance of Death) by Anton Sohn, colored clay, "Death and the ...
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Zizenhausen figure, Basel, 19th century, "Totentanz" (Dance of Death) by Anton Sohn, colored clay, "Death and the Queen", height 13,5 x 9,5 cm, damaged, cracks, slight signs of abrasion.
The model for these groups of figures were the engravings by the Swiss-German engraver and publisher Matthäus Merian, published in 1621. These engravings go back to a painting from the late Middle Ages, which was painted on the inside of the cemetery wall near the Predigerkirche in Basel.
Literature: Wilfried Seipel, Das Weltbild der Zizenhausener Figuren, Constance 1984, pp. 64-79.
