Death and Judgment — Scene of the Death of Wisdom — publisher F. A. Ackermann, series 218, Alfred Rethel

Description

Engraved illustration showing Death as a skeleton riding a horse, brandishing a scythe above a scene of urban chaos with victims and soldiers. Printed text at the bottom left indicates 'Auch ein Totentanz, VI: Der Tod des Sages'. On the reverse, the publisher is identified as F. A. Ackermann's Kunstverlag, Münster, with the note 'Serie 218: Alfred Rethel'.