Artistic or symbolic reminder of the inevitability of death

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As I found it : my mother's house / Russell Hart.

Death and the lady. Etching.

A man, half human and half skeleton. Coloured etching after R. Dighton, 17--.

A clock dial on which a skeleton holds an oil lamp. Drawing by Caleb Elwin, 1800.

Death astride his horse is the hero of the battlefield. Etching.

Four circular compositions with scenes from the dance of death. Lithograph after Israhel van Meckenem.

An elderly man taunted by a skeleton, as he sits and ponders in a vanitas conceit. Woodcut by Tobias Stimmer, 1580.

A young woman contemplating a skull. Woodcut by A. Andreani after A. Casolano, 1592.

A young artist in his studio contemplating a skull. Etching, 1815.

A man, half human and half skeleton. Etching.

Three figures on horseback. Etching.

A man of a hundred years is Death's target. Etching.

Death points an arrow at a female dancer. Aquatint by J. Gleadah, 1822.

Three skulls are piled up to form a pyramidal composition on which a dead child partly lies. Heliogravure after S. Beham, 1529.

Death tramples on three female allegorical figures representing sensual pleasures. Pen and ink drawing, ca. 1700.

An architectural composition resembling an altar on which a skeleton lies, cherubs fly above. Engraving.

A skeleton encircled with a decorative band. Woodcut.

A skeleton with snakes and rats. Etching by C. Grignion, 1821.

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Memento mori

Images from the collections

Images of Memento mori

Works from the collections

Three skulls are piled up to form a pyramidal composition on which a dead child partly lies. Heliogravure after S. Beham, 1529.

Death tramples on three female allegorical figures representing sensual pleasures. Pen and ink drawing, ca. 1700.

An architectural composition resembling an altar on which a skeleton lies, cherubs fly above. Engraving.

A skeleton encircled with a decorative band. Woodcut.

A skeleton with snakes and rats. Etching by C. Grignion, 1821.

Memento mori

Images from the collections

Images of Memento mori

Works from the collections

Three skulls are piled up to form a pyramidal composition on which a dead child partly lies. Heliogravure after S. Beham, 1529.

Death tramples on three female allegorical figures representing sensual pleasures. Pen and ink drawing, ca. 1700.

An architectural composition resembling an altar on which a skeleton lies, cherubs fly above. Engraving.

A skeleton encircled with a decorative band. Woodcut.

A skeleton with snakes and rats. Etching by C. Grignion, 1821.

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