Title
Kauw, The Dance of the Death cycle: Death with the Knight and the Tax collector
Caption
Albrecht Kauw, known as the Elder
German school
The Dance of the Death cycle: Death with the Knight and the Tax collector
Detail: Death mocking the Tax collector by giving him a coin.
Watercolour
Bern (Switzerland), Historisches Museum
Info+
Albrecht Kauw, known as le Vieux (Strasbourg, 1621 - Bern, 1681)
This painting was created after the work by Niklaus Manuel entitled, the "Dance of Death," made between 1516 and 1526 at the Dominican Convent cemetery in Bern. It was destroyed in 1660.
Date
1649
Credit line
Alfredo Dagli Orti/Photo12
Reference
DGL10A02_125
License type
Rights managed
Available size
118,4Mb (9,1Mb) / 19,1in x 24,1in / 5733 x 7216 (300dpi)