The skeleton of Death stabs the Pope on his throne

The skeleton of Death stabs the Pope on his throne. The figure of Death wears a crown of thorns, black habit and sashes, and uses a dart or arrow. Priests and monks pray and kneel before him. Der Pabst. Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki from a series of Dance of Death, originally published in the Lavenburg Calendar in 1792. Reprinted in Totentanz from the original copperplates by Walther Nithack-Stahn, Eigenbrodler Verlag, Berlin, 1926

1792 Catholic Church Crown Of Thorns Dance Of Death Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki Dart Eigenbrodler Verlag Habit Kneel Lavenburg Calendar Mitre Monks Pray Priests Sashes Stab Totentanz Walther Nithack-stahn

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