It appears that Helmuth only used two sources: Christian de Mechel's engravings and Vogtherr's woodcuts. The latter were published by Jobst Denecker in 1544 and are characterized partly by containing a dialogue for each dancing couple — as all "proper" dances of death have — and partly ...
^ Dance of Death woodcuts. ^ a b Stein, Wilhelm (1920), p.108 ^ Six of the Icones woodcuts. ^ Strong,3; Wilson, 114–15; Müller, et al, 442–45. Title Sheet of Adam Petri's Reprint of Luther's Translation of the New Testament. ^ tein, Wilhelm (1920), pp.108–110 ^...
Holbein was also active in designing woodcuts for title pages and book illustrations. The artist’s most famous work in this area, a series of 41 scenes illustrating themedievalallegorical concept of the “Dance of Death,” was designed by him and cut by another artist as early as about 152...