French Painter 18th Century

Skull with Sacred Writings and Tablets of the Law - Tempera on Cardboard

18th Century

Still life with Skull is a modern artwork realized by Albin Sattler (1927 Lauterbach, Czechoslovakia - 1998 Munich) in 20th Century. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas Includes f...

Memento Mori is a modern artwork realized by Franz Biedermann (attr.) in 1902. Large-format drawing depicting a skull lying on an open book, in front of a large crucifix...

Skulls is an etching realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind", London, Bensley, 1810. Good conditions. Johann Caspar Lavater was a swiss theologian and philosopher known throughout Europe for his studies on physiognomy. Following the physiognomy tradition of Della Porta and of many Renaissance and Baroque philosophers, he believed that the character of a person could be elucidated through examining their “lines of countenance" i.e. tracing a profile outline portrait. Being able to "read outside" was the key to "know the inside". Lavater's thought largely influenced Art in the late 18th and early 19th century, as in the case of Johann Fuseli and William Blake (who realized two etchings for Lavater's English edition of his Essay). Lavater was convinced that he could show his theories by analyzing the portraits of some of the main historical figures of the past, in some cases taken from paintings or (mainly for antiquity...

Skull is an original artwork realized in 1976 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Pencil drawing on ivory-colored paper. Hand-signed and dated on the l...

Antique Vanitas Oil Painting, Antique Memento Mori Oil Painting, Antique Skull Oil Painting, Gothic Antique Painting, 19th Century Vanitas Still Life Oil Painting. Early 19th Century French Vanitas Oil Painting on Canvas. The Old Master Vanitas Still Life Painting depicts a skull, book and rosary. Oil on canvas, lined. Unsigned. In gold gilt period frame. Very well painted, attractive & highly decorative Vanitas skull...

Memento Moro still life oil painting. Remains in stunning original condition. Signed by the artist, Orren C. Richards, in upper left corner.

Oil painting on iron plate, depicting a Vanitas with skull and fruit. Octagonal frame in interlocking ebonized wood with flaring to match the painting and gold profiling on lead. Ita...

Catherine Jansens’ watercolour titled "Vanitas" is a compelling still life that delves into the theme of the transience of life and the inevitability of death—an idea traditionally e...