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Anton Sohn, Clay Figures after the Zizenhausen Danse Macabre, Flattened to the reverse, with original polychromy. Twenty-one figures from the fourty-two figure series first modelled in 1822. The figures follow the prints by Matthäus Merian the Elder first published in 1623 after the frescoes of the cemetary walls of the Dominican Abbey in Basel. Alongside the Fall of Man with Adam and Eve and the House of Bones, this series also includes the figures of death dancing with the pope, the emperor, the empress, a cardinal, a duke, duchess, knight, councillor, canon, doctor, cripple, youth, piper, executioner, chandler, jew, heathen man, heathen woman, and peasant. The plinths bear glued on paper inscriptions with the accompanying texts. Minimal wear and glued repairs. Height 13-© Lempertz — view on Lempertz website ↗

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Clay Figures after the Zizenhausen Danse Macabre

Anton Sohn (German, 1769–1840)

€8,060 price realized incl. premium

≈ $9,507≈ £7,204

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As published: “Flattened to the reverse, with original polychromy. Twenty-one figures from the fourty-two figure series first modelled in 1822. The figures follow the prints by Matthäus Merian the Elder first published in 1623 after the frescoes of the cemetary walls of the Dominican Abbey in Basel. Alongside the Fall of Man with Adam and Eve and the House of Bones, this series also includes the figures of death dancing with the pope, the emperor, the empress, a cardinal, a duke, duchess, knight, councillor, canon, doctor, cripple, youth, piper, executioner, chandler, jew, heathen man, heathen woman, and peasant. The plinths bear glued on paper inscriptions with the accompanying texts. Minimal wear and glued repairs. Height 13-”
Support
Paper
Category
Works on paper (other)
Dimensions
15 cm
Auction house
Lempertz
Sale
Auction 1097 Old Master Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture (1097-1)
Date
November 18, 2017
Location
18.11.2017 11:00, Cologne
Lot
2196
Estimate
€3,000 – €4,000 (≈ $3,539 – $4,718) (≈ £2,681 – £3,575)
Source
Auction house lempertz.com ↗
Retrieved Sep 25, 2026

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