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The skeleton of Death, Freund Hans, kills an alchemist with an explosion. The alchemist is blown up in his laboratory. Berthold Schwarz, legendary German alchemist of the late 14th century credited with the invention of gunpowder. Copperplate engraving by Johan Georg Mansfeld after an original by Johann Rudolf Schellenberg from Johan Kark Musauss Freund Heins Erscheinungen in Holbeins Manier, (Apparitions of Death in the manner of Holbein) Mannheim, 1803.

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The skeleton of Death, Freund Hans, kills an alchemist with an explosion. The alchemist is blown up in his laboratory. Berthold Schwarz, legendary German alchemist of the late 14th century credited with the invention of gunpowder. Copperplate engraving by Johan Georg Mansfeld after an original by Johann Rudolf Schellenberg from Johan Kark Musauss Freund Heins Erscheinungen in Holbeins Manier, (Apparitions of Death in the manner of Holbein) Mannheim, 1803.

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4285 x 5269 px | 64.6 MB

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36.3 x 44.6 cm | 14.3 x 17.6 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

14TH CENTURY • 14TH • 1803 • ALCHEMIST • APPARITIONS OF DEATH IN THE MANNER OF HOLBEIN • BERTHOLD SCHWARZ • CARICATURE • CARICATURES • CARTOON • COMÉDIES • COMEDY • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • DANCE OF DEATH • DEATH (PERSONIFICATION) • DEATH • EXPLOSION • FOURTEENTH CENTURY • FREUND HANS • FREUND HEIN • FREUND HEINS ERSCHEINUNGEN IN HOLBEINS MANIER • GERMAN ALCHEMIST • GUNPOWDER • INVENTIVE • INVENTOR (MALE) • INVENTOR • JOHAN GEORG MANSFELD • JOHAN KARK MUSAUS • JOHANN RUDOLF SCHELLENBERG • LAB • LABORATORIO • LABORATORY • LABORATORY; LAB • LEGEND • MACABRE • MANNHEIM • MORBID • MORTALITY • ORIGINAL • POT • SKELETON • SKELETON. DEATH • XIV CENTURY