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 Rich Man

Description: On the left, Death forces a rich man toward a grave. On the right, Death does the same to another rich man, and speaks the phrase "Quid nobis diuitie/ ad lata pala tiap sut/ du nobis sufficiat/ puis marmoris claudi." This incorrect Latin means, roughly, "What our wealth is for/ is the broad, hollow place [the grave]/all it accomplishes/ is to shut us up in marble." Original image by Niklaus Manuel Deutsch (1484-1530), copied by Guillaume Stettler and lithographed by Wilhelm Stettler.

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