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1830 H. Hess, Dance of Death, Memento Mori, Inn Keeper, Publican

1830 H. Hess, Dance of Death, Memento Mori, Inn Keeper, Publican

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Stone lithographed by Danzer after Hieronymous Hess

DANCE OF DEATH 

Switzerland, 1841.

Leaf: 34.8 x 28 cm; 13.8 x 11 inches

Extremely rare Dance of Death by Hieronymous Hess after Büchel.

Hieronymus Hess (1799-1850) was an artist from Basel. As a young man he studied a few years in Rome among the contemporary artists known as "Nazarenes". Another Nazarene was the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen and Thorvaldsen's Museum's Internet-site has a number of letters from Hess to Thorvaldsen. Later on, Thorvaldsen through his contacts sent the young Hess to Nuremberg, but Hess preferred caricatures to Dürer.

Some light age spotting to margins.
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