Book Title: Niklaus Manuel's Todtentanz gemalt zu Bern um 1515-1520 / La danse des morts peinte à Berne dans les années 1515 à 1520 par Nicolas Manuel et lithographiée d'après les copies exactes du célèbre peintre Guillaume Stettler. lithographiert nach den getreuen Copien des berühmten Kunstmalers Wilhelm Stettler : =

Author: Niklaus Manuel

Image Title: The Abbess

Description: On the left, Death takes the hand of a friar. Another skeleton grabs a nun's sleeve and foot to trip her uo, while another nun and monk are untouched. On the right, Death leads an abbess who holds a crozier. Original image by Niklaus Manuel Deutsch (1484-1530), copied by Guillaume Stettler and lithographed by Wilhelm Stettler.

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