Two skeletons of Death attack a king in his throne room. One figure of Death removes his crown, while another hits him with a sceptre. The king wears a wig, ermine cape and embroidered clothers. Three peasants kneel before him. Der Konig. Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki from a series of Dance of Death, originally published in the Lavenburg Calendar in 1792. Reprinted in Totentanz from the original copperplates by Walther Nithack-Stahn, Eigenbrodler Verlag, Berlin, 1926.

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