Zizenhausen figure, Basel, 19th c., "Totentanz" (Dance of Death) by Anton Sohn, 1st h. 19th century, colored clay ...

Zizenhausen figure, Basel, 19th c., "Totentanz" (Dance of Death) by Anton Sohn, 1st h. 19th century, colored clay, "Death of the forest brother", height 13 x 10 cm, right hand broken off.
The model for these groups of figures were the engravings of the Swiss-German engraver and publisher Matthäus Merian published in 1621. These engravings go back to a painting from the late Middle Ages, which was painted on the inside of the cemetery wall near the Predigerkirche in Basel.
Literature: Wilfried Seipel, Das Weltbild der Zizenhausener Figuren, Constance 1984, pp. 64-79.