. The Dances of death, through the various stages of human life : wherein the capriciousness of that tyrant is exhibited: in forty-six copper-plates . Quasi a^/u(s laJ(m( iCir/nfirans. n//:cit aucdad w/wuJa. fhid/ds brtjbafM?: J . rrw\ 47 PLATE XLVI. ^ THE is leading him away gaily, making him dance to thesound of a bagpipe. The Fool, ignorant without doubt of thecatastrophe that awaits him, seems to be meditating some pieceof mischief, which will probably be his last. This dancing couple finish the procession, wherein Holbeinhas had the skill to unite a salutary moral
. The Dances of death, through the various stages of human life : wherein the capriciousness of that tyrant is exhibited: in forty-six copper-plates . Quasi a^/u(s laJ(m( iCir/nfirans. n//:cit aucdad w/wuJa. fhid/ds brtjbafM?: J . rrw\ 47 PLATE XLVI. ^ THE is leading him away gaily, making him dance to thesound of a bagpipe. The Fool, ignorant without doubt of thecatastrophe that awaits him, seems to be meditating some pieceof mischief, which will probably be his last. This dancing couple finish the procession, wherein Holbeinhas had the skill to unite a salutary moral with the gayest andliveliest sallies that form a singular contrast with the sadness ofthe subject. Quasi agnus lasciviens, & ignorans quod ad viacula stultustrahatur. Prov. vii. 22% PLANCHE XLVL — LE FOU. La Mort Iemmene gaiement en le faisant danser au son d*unecomemuse; le Fou qui ne sait pas sans doute la catastrophe quiIattend, paroit mediter une malice qui sera vraisemblablement laderniere. Ce couple dansant termine k marche de cette suite ou Holbeina su reunir une morale salutaire, aux sallies les plus gaies & lesplus plaisantes qui contrastent singulieremejat avec la tristesse dusujet. THE END* , Printer, Little Q
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