Before 1526 Holbein had produced a series of woodcuts illustrating the Dance of Death. Holbein's ironic tone throughout the series contrasts sharply with contemporary, more expressionist treatments of the subject. Death appears as a mocker, attacking every class of humanity and - as he snatches the Emperor's crown during the distribution of Justice, and fixes around the countess's neck a chain of bones while she makes a lavish toilet - reveals the futility of worldly power and concerns. The series is remarkable for its variety and for the precision of Holbein's feeling for different social types.

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	Title page in the form of a Renaissance niche 1516 Woodcut, 180 x 120 mm Kupferstichkabinett, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel
	Title-plate with St Peter and St Paul 1523 Woodcut, 243 x 166 mm Kupferstichkabinett, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel
	Title page of the Coverdale Bible 1535 Woodcut British Library, London
	The Rich Man; The Queen 1523-26 Woodcut, 64 x 48 mm National Gallery of Art, Washington
	The Plowman from Dance of Death 1524-26 Woodcut, 65 x 48 mm Kupferstichkabinett, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel
	The Noble Lady from Dance of Death 1524-26 Woodcut, 65 x 48 mm Kupferstichkabinett, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel
	True and False Forgiveness c. 1525 Woodcut, 79 x 270 mm Kupferstichkabinett, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel
	Christ as the True Light c 1526 Woodcut, 84 x 277 mm Kupferstichkabinett, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel
	Charitas 1543 Woodcut British Library, London