. The dance of death. ^i;f>»-uiiu- 5.«)eKlo_s TiiA^nife^ 1-SU-- -;^t Jipilr-jp^tmit eia«- ai:cipuit alter. Ft. Diftioxic cJLptiutiiii*, tnorierw emin 47 THE EMPEROR. VI. THE painters meaning here is not ex-tremely clear. The Emperor, seated on histhrone, seems to be administering justice be-tween a rich and a poor man. He holds inhis hand the Curtana, or sword of stands behind him, and appears to beplucking off his crown. 48 THE EMPRESS. VII. THE Empress, decked with all the pompof majest}, and attended by her maids ofhonour, is overtaken by Death, who, in thecharacter of a shri
. The dance of death. ^i;f>»-uiiu- 5.«)eKlo_s TiiA^nife^ 1-SU-- -;^t Jipilr-jp^tmit eia«- ai:cipuit alter. Ft. Diftioxic cJLptiutiiii*, tnorierw emin 47 THE EMPEROR. VI. THE painters meaning here is not ex-tremely clear. The Emperor, seated on histhrone, seems to be administering justice be-tween a rich and a poor man. He holds inhis hand the Curtana, or sword of stands behind him, and appears to beplucking off his crown. 48 THE EMPRESS. VII. THE Empress, decked with all the pompof majest}, and attended by her maids ofhonour, is overtaken by Death, who, in thecharacter of a shriveld old woman, points toa grave, and seems to say, to this must you come at last. if^
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