Lot 1656 Dα

Anton Sohn

The Zizenhausen Danse Macabre

Clay, the reverse flattened, with the original polychromy. This lot features 21 of the total of 42 figures that make up this Danse Macabre series, which was completed in around 1822 and was based on the Danse Macabre painted on the graveyard wall of the Dominican Abbey in Basel, the motifs of which were first disseminated in printed form in 1623 by Matthäus Merian the Elder. Alongside the „bone house“ with skeletons making music, we also see the figures of the Pope, cardinal, bishop, abbot, abbess, queen, king, duke, duchess, nobleman, noblewoman, knight, youth, infidel, painter, lady painter, cook, grocer, blind man, lame man, and the fool. The plinths are labelled with the accompanying texts on paper.
In good overall condition with near flawlessly preserved polychromy. With minimal breakages and repairs to the figures of the bishop and the blind man. Height 13-15 cm.