We heard a worthy New Yorker say when he beheld this picture in the Paris Exposition: "I feel like running to a fire somewhere."Īlbert Maignan was born at Beaumont in 1847 studied under Luminais received his first medal in 1874, another in 18 his painting of Dante Encountering Mathilde received the honour of the Luxembourg in 1881. The tricolor torn and given to the breeze, the smoke and flame tell of the demon of destruction, and the clouded air is charged with death and rapine and murder. Had the French artist gone for his title to Shakespeare, he might have labelled this picture with an appropriate motto: "The harsh and "boisterous tongue of war." The artist, with a weirdness of effect which proclaims him a poet with an imagination equal to Dante, has peopled rope and rim and tongue with elfin figures of grim, devilish energy and activity in a perfect whirl of sympathy with the tumult, and you might imagine a trumpet tongue proclaiming in thunder tones: ''Let slip the dogs of war.'' Ruin and desolation are in the air, and you fancy you can hear the tumult of clang for fire or fury issuing from the mouth of the great bronze bell which swings in its maddening reverberations. A tocsin is an alarm bell.Īlarm, dismay and frantic commotion are the characteristics of this great painting. Maignan, engraved by Gebbie & Husson printed in 1888.Ī copy of this print was displayed at the 1889 Paris World Exhibition, which was a time of celebration and remembrance of the French Revolution. ![]() The engraver signed the engraving and there are many signatories, showing that there was a large group of artists and artisans that worked on this wonderful undertaking.ĥ- "The Voice of the Tocsin" by A. Scheuchzer published this work, attempting to illustrate and help to explain the entire Bible based on the latest state of scientific knowledge, which turned out to be one of the most expensive Bible productions ever. For instance, he believed that the Great Flood happened and was convinced that he had in his fossil collection the remains of a human victim who had perished in that Flood. This original copper engraving is from the monumental work by the palaeontologist Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (Aug.2, 1672- June 23, 1733), who believed in the literal meaning of the Bible. ![]() Matthäus Merian is considered to be the person who has made the most complete and reliable representation of the dance of death in Basel.Ĥ- Ostrich Skeleton, engraving from “Physica Sacra” (Kupfer-Tafeln zu der Physica Sacra, Augsburg: Pfeffel, 1731), By Johann Jakob Scheuchzer. Merian's copperplates along with later impressions made by Chovin, Beck and Felix Schneider were published in editions through several centuries and made Basel's dance of death world famous throughout Europe. The Dance of Death from Basel was in particular made famous through the copperplates that Matthäus Merian created 1616-1649. Hand coloured copper engraving printed and coloured in 1820, in Switzerland.Īll spirits and joy have been taken from me. ![]() Extremely rare Dance of Death print by the Swiss artist Jacques-Antony Chovin after Merian. He died on January 23, 1883, at the age of 51.ģ- Dance of Death - “The Empress”. In his later years, he spent much time in London, where he also opened a very popular gallery. ![]() His drawings and illustrations were groundbreaking and very popular, although he never won the acclaim of the artistic elite in France. Born in Strasbourg, France, on January 6, 1832, he began his artistic career in Paris when he was only 15 years old. From a German magazine published in 1852.Ģ- Gustave Dore, Satan Resting On The Mountain, leaf from Milton's Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, original woodcut printed in 1895.Ībout The Artist: Gustave Doré was an Alsacian artist who specialized in book illustrations. Original steel plate engraving Printed in 1852. Presented by Skull and Bones Gallery Auctioneer: Kurt Wiscombeġ- Lion Tamer Ellen Bright Being Mauled to Death by a Tiger in 1851. Dance of Death and Other Morbid Curiosities, Antique Print Auction
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