The winged skeleton of Death flies off with a baby

The skeleton of Death flies off with a baby. The winged skeleton jumps in the air with the babe while the sleepy nursemaid rocks an empty cradle in a bedroom. Das Kind. 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 Canopy Cradle Curtains Dance Of Death Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki Eigenbrodler Verlag Lavenburg Calendar Totentanz Walther Nithack-stahn

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