Michael Heinrich Rentz (1698-1758)

THE DANCE OF THE DEATH 7 SHEETS.

1730`s / 3rd quarter of the 18th century
6. Der Pabst, 7. Der Cardinal, 18. Der König, 23. Die Gräfin, 27. Der Raths=Herr, 35. Das Kind, 36. Der alte Mann. Copperplates on paper, similar dimensions c. 25x16 cm, some marked lower left "Rentz Inv. (et fe.)". The plates were created before the year 1738 (...) The cycle was published in two book editions, the first (...) in 1753 by the bookseller Franz Anton Ilger in Linz (...) the second (...) in 1767. Lit.: Aneta Moslerová, Tanec smrti M. J. Rentze, bachelor thesis, Department of Art History, Faculty of Arts, MU, Brno 2021