Title

The Jew and Death

Caption

The Jew and Death. Episode from the Dance of Death, painted in 1441 in the Dominican cemetery in Basel. Engraving from an original by Matthaus Merian in 1641. ""Les Arts au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance"", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1877.

Date

1877

Credit line

Photo12/Universal Images Group

Reference

UMG24A00_292

License type

Rights managed

Available size

33,8Mb (1,6Mb) / 10,8in x 12,1in / 3248 x 3632 (300dpi)

Keywords

allegory Jewish Jews Hebrew minority society Middle Ages medieval money coins death corpse skeleton dance Dance of Death 15th century graveyard cemetery Basel engraving Europe Matthaus Merian costume vestment clothes history Modern Age Swiss rich wealth allegory