Der Ritter

(The Knight)

 

Der Todten-Tantz

Illustrated by Georg Scharffenberg

 

 

 

Complete Image

 

Single Greeting Card (with matching Envelope)

Code: GS TT11 SGC
Price: US$5.00

Image detail (for reference)

Reproduction on 8x12" sheet

Code: GS TT11 8x12
Price: US$30.00

Reproduction on 10x15" sheet

Code: GS TT11 10x15
Price: US$50.00

 

 

 

This image carries the monogram "GS" and is attributed to Georg Scharffenberg.

 

Depicting the exchange between Death and the Knight, this illustration is associated traditionally with the text

shown below.

 

 

Death to the Knight:

Mr Knight, you have been written down,

That you must practice chivalry.

With Death and his servants,

It helps you neither to struggle nor fight.

 

The Knight:

I - as a stern knight,

Have served the world well with noble mind.

Now I have been - against Knight's Orders,

Coerced to this dance.