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Excerpt from The Dances of Death, Through the Various Stages of Human Life: Wherein the Capriciousness of That Tyrant Is Exhibited; In Forty-Six Copper-Plates Done From the Original Design Which Were Cut in Wood, and Afterwards Painted
The genius and excellence of this master were sufficiently shewn ln the historical style, by two celebrated compositions which he painted in the Hall Of the Steel-yard Company; Of which the subjects were the Triumph of Riches, and the condi tion Of Poverty these two are universally admired for the rich ness Of the colouring, as also for the strong character of the figures through the whole. Frederick Zucchero, on seeing these pictures, expressed the highest esteem for Holbein, and even copied them in Indian ink.
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