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The skeleton of Death, Freund Hans, pulls a tightrope walker to his death, 18th century. The skeleton rides a donkey and pulls the acrobats leg. A large crowd watches the performance on a village green. The acrobat. Der Equilibrist. Copperplate engraving by Johan Georg Mansfeld after an original by Johann Rudolf Schellenberg from Johan Kark Musauss Freund Heins Erscheinungen in Holbeins Manier, (Apparitions of Death in the manner of Holbein) Mannheim, 1803.
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Caption:
The skeleton of Death, Freund Hans, pulls a tightrope walker to his death, 18th century. The skeleton rides a donkey and pulls the acrobats leg. A large crowd watches the performance on a village green. The acrobat. Der Equilibrist. Copperplate engraving by Johan Georg Mansfeld after an original by Johann Rudolf Schellenberg from Johan Kark Musauss Freund Heins Erscheinungen in Holbeins Manier, (Apparitions of Death in the manner of Holbein) Mannheim, 1803.
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Album / Florilegius
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Image size:
4416 x 4626 px | 58.4 MB
Print size:
37.4 x 39.2 cm | 14.7 x 15.4 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1803 • 18TH CENTURY • 18TH CENTURY, THE • ACCIDENT • ACROBAT • ACROBAT, THE • APPARITIONS OF DEATH IN THE MANNER OF HOLBEIN • CARICATURE • CARICATURES • CARTOON • COMÉDIES • COMEDY • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • CROWD • CROWDED • DANCE OF DEATH • DEATH (PERSONIFICATION) • DEATH • DER EQUILIBRIST • DONKEY • FREUND HANS • FREUND HEIN • FREUND HEINS ERSCHEINUNGEN IN HOLBEINS MANIER • INVENTIVE • JOHAN GEORG MANSFELD • JOHAN KARK MUSAUS • JOHANN RUDOLF SCHELLENBERG • MACABRE • MANNHEIM • MORBID • MORTALITY • MULTITUDE • MURDER • ORIGINAL • PERFORMANCE • RUSH (CROWD) • SKELETON • THRONG • TIGHTROPE WALKER • VILLAGE GREEN
