Two skeletons of Death come for a queen on her throne. One skeleton wears a ruff collar and cape and holds a hourglass. A lady-in-waiting tries to protect the Queen. Die Konigin. 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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Size: 4180px × 5864px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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