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| Keywords: Scabbard with Dance of Death, after Hans Holbein the Younger.jpg 57 × 28 1 cm largest dimensions Kunstmuseum Basel All the surviving examples of Holbein's designs for scabbards on the theme of the Dance of Death are copies perhaps a few from his own workshop but most seemingly not made until the late 16th century The earliest surviving scabbards made to this design are from the second half of the 16th century This type of scabbard was for the Swiss dagger which could be worn horizontally at the hip The motifs would stand out against a dark background of leather or velvet According to art historian Christian Müller On the early copies of the designs as in the example presented here the picture is divided into two by a central rib The left and right halves of the composition are thus conceived as mirror images In most cases the depiction is of six people from different social strata all of whom are facing death an emperor a female ruler a lady of the aristocracy a standard-bearer a monk and a child The figures are arranged antithetically in pairs or in groups of three Müller 314 Christian Müller; Stephan Kemperdick; Maryan Ainsworth; et al Hans Holbein the Younger The Basel Years 1515 “1532 Munich Prestel 2006 ISBN 9783791335803 After Hans Holbein the Younger c 1523 PD-old-100 Kupferstichkabinett im Kunstmuseum Basel Scabbards Danse Macabre Holbein Sculptures of Danse Macabre Works after Hans Holbein der Jüngere design dagger | ||||
