17th Century Memento Mori Paintings
18th Century, Italian 'Memento Mori' Old Master School of Guido Reni
By Guido Reni
Located in Atlanta, GA
Old Master 18th or possibly 17th century Italian Baroque School religious portrait painting depicting
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
Banquet with Figures Memento Mori Italian 17th Century After Giovanni Martinelli
Located in Milano, IT
Dipinto Antico del 1600 Banchetto con Figure Memento Mori dopo Giovanni Martinelli la morte arriva
Category
Mid-17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oak, Oil
H 128 in W 149 in D 4 in
Death Comes to the Table Memento Mori by Giovanni Martinelli c. 1670
Located in Milano, MI
Dipinto Italiano del 1600 Banchetto con Figure Memento Mori da Giovanni Martinelli, intitolato La
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oak
Cup with Fish, Fruit (Memento Mori)
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the Baroque, where mortality is captured permanently
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
17th Century Italian Oil on Canvas Painting Magdalene Renouncing the Vanities
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Italian painting from the second half of the 17th century. Oil painting on canvas from the
Category
1670s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 48.04 in W 38.59 in D 1.97 in
Memento Mori – Cups with Fish, Flowers
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
. Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Memento Mori - Cake Stand & Rotten Egg
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
. Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Memento Mori – Cups in Baby Lamb Carcass
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
. Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Memento Mori – Cup in Baby Lamb Carcass
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
. Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Memento Mori - Cup with Fish, Knife, Horsehair
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
. Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Early 17th-Century English School Portrait Of Edward Hill & Original Gloves
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This remarkable early 17th-century three-quarter length English School portrait depicts Alderman
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Religious Painting Saint Jerome in Meditation
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting from the second half of the 17th century. The painting, oil on canvas, is an
Category
Antique 1670s Italian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
H 58.67 in W 43.31 in D 1.19 in
17th Century Oil on Canvas Flemish Religious Painting Saint Jerome in his Study
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Flemish painting from the first half of the 17th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting a
Category
Antique 1630s Dutch Paintings
Materials
Canvas
H 56.3 in W 59.85 in D 1.19 in
Memento Mori – Cup, Platter in Baby Lamb Carcass
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
. Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Memento Mori - Cake Stand, Cup, Bacon, Vegetable & Brie
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
. Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Platter with Kidney, Blackberries, Kimchi, Eel (Memento Mori)
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
“vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the Baroque, where mortality is captured
Category
2010s Baroque Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Penitent Magdalene and St. John the Baptist, oil on slate, early 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
listening,
the left hand raised and the other leaning on the
"memento mori" very shortened. In front of her
Category
Early 17th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 17.33 in W 13.19 in D 1.58 in
Memento Mori – Platters with Coral, Silkie, Berries, Grapes, Cabbage
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
. Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Memento Mori – Platter, Vase with Lichi, Spoon, Can of Eel
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
. Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Platters, Vases & Fish, Grapes, Berries, Pomegranate, Deer Skulls (Memento Mori)
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
“vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the Baroque, where mortality is captured
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
18th Century Oil on Canvas Heraldic Funerary Hatchment Painting
Located in London, GB
18th Century Oil on Canvas Heraldic Funerary Hatchment Painting, Memento Mori Painting, Vanitas
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century British Gothic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Early 19th Century French School Vanitas Still Life Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in London, GB
Antique Vanitas Oil Painting, Antique Memento Mori Oil Painting, Antique Skull Oil Painting, Gothic
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Gothic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
H 18.23 in W 15.04 in D 2.37 in
Still Life Garland of Flowers - Flemish 18thC art Old Master floral oil painting
By Pieter Casteels III
Located in London, GB
This superb 18th century Old Master floral still life oil painting is attributed to Flemish artist
Category
1730s Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Painting Penitent Magdalene 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
mani il teschio, Memento mori, e di fianco un tozzo di pane, suo unico nutrimento nella vita di
Category
17th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Painting Penitent Magdalene 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
vasetto di unguento con cui unse Gesù nell'episodio evangelico, e il teschio, Memento mori per eccellenza
Category
17th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pair of Paintings on Slate The Penitent Magdalene and St. John the Baptist
Located in Milan, IT
atteggiamento di ascolto, la mano sinistra alzata e l'altra appoggiata al “memento mori”egregiamente scorciato
Category
17th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 17.33 in W 13.19 in D 1.19 in
A Vanitas still life
By Evert Collier
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
still life serves as a memento mori, a reminder of human mortality and the fleeting nature of wealth
Category
17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Recent Sales
Memento mori
Located in Veendam, NL
the still lifes of the 17th century Dutch Golden Age masters as Bloemmaert, Coosemans, Heda and Kalf
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Petals
By Cornelius Volker
Located in San Francisco, CA
.
Völker's floral works refer to Dutch still life paintings of the 17th century and the convention of flowers
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
After Severin Roesen No. 0305 - Still life, flower bouquet blue & white vase
By Claire Rosen
Located in Houston, TX
traditional 17th century still life painting presents viewers with a visual reprieve that delights. "After
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Baroque Vanitas or Memento Mori of a Skull, Bone, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Vanitas or Memento Mori skull. Carved bone. 17th century.
Small human skull made of bone carved in
Category
Antique 17th Century European Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Bone
Memento Mori, Oil on Agate, Germany Beginning XVIII Century
Located in Milan, IT
Memento Mori for Wunderkammer, depicting a skull and a tulip, oil paintings on hard stone. A large
Category
Antique Mid-17th Century Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Brass
Memento mori: a skeleton, a scythe, an hourglass painted tile, Italy 1690.
Located in Milan, IT
Memento Mori. A rare glazed terracotta tile with a blue painting on a white background, depicting a
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Italian Decorative Art
Materials
Terracotta
H 11.5 in W 9.25 in D 0.75 in
Penitent Magdalene, Oil painting on canvas, 1600s
Located in Milan, IT
her hand on the skull, symbol of the "memento mori". On the first canvas.
Category
17th Century Other Art Style Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi, XVIIth century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil painting on canvas. French school of the seventeenth century. The scene is set in front of an
Category
17th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Still Life Oil Painting of Various Flowers, circa 1750
Located in Berlin, DE
draws upon the Netherlandish tradition of still-life, which came to a climax in the 17th century.
The
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Louis XV Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Painting St. Francis in Prayer 17th-18th century
Located in Milan, IT
regge con una mano, mentre l' altra indica in basso il teschio, il tradizionale "Memento mori".
La
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Late 17th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Painting Penitent Magdalene 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
, tre suoi simboli iconografici: il libro di meditazione, il teschio, Memento mori per eccellenza, e il
Category
17th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Double Portrait of Sir John Rivers 3rd Baronet of Chafford, and Lady Anne Rivers
Located in London, GB
'Old Age' and are a typical form of Memento Mori reminding virile young man that even they will lose
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 70.08 in W 82.29 in D 5.91 in
Floral Still Life
Located in London, GB
life. Unlike memento mori art, vanitas paintings “also include other symbols such as musical
Category
1920s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century Italian Sculpture White Carrara Skull, Black Marquina Marble Bust
Located in Firenze, IT
Vanitas or Memento Mori, theme related to the caducity of human existence faced in different epochs in the
Category
19th Century Renaissance Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Jean Valdor After Hieronymus Wierix Saint Francis Of Assisi, Engraving
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 17th-century engraving by Johannes Valdor (c. 1570-1640) is after another engraving by
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Engraving
17th Century Hand Painted Venetian Gondola Funeral Board, Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Venetian "rio's". The piece is hand painted with the universal memento mori symbol of death, the skull and
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Italian Paintings
Materials
Pine
H 14.97 in W 140.95 in D 4.73 in
Paula Wildhack, Memento Mori
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This macabre late-19th-century oil painting by German artist Paula Wildhack (1872-1955) depicts a
Category
1890s Gothic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vanitas Still Life, 17th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Still Life Vanitas 17th Century
inscribed to Edwaert COLLIER (c.1640-1708)
Fine 17th Century
Category
17th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Dutch Golden Age Floral - Old Master art 17th century flower oil painting
Located in London, GB
passing of time as a memento mori. A really warm and glorious Dutch Golden Age floral and an excellent
Category
17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 35 in W 30 in D 2 in
Memento Mori - Cup with Fish, Knife, Horsehair
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the Baroque
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Memento Mori – Platter with Kidney, Blackberries, Kimchi, Eel
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the Baroque
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Mary Magdalene with Book and Skull - Old Master Italian religious oil portrait
Located in London, GB
This stunning Old Master 17th century Italian Baroque School religious portrait oil painting is of
Category
17th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
David Adolf Constant Artz (After) Midday Meal, Oil Painting
By David Adolf Constant Artz
Located in Cheltenham, GB
painting served the same aim as a ‘memento mori’ from the 17th century. That being to downplay the
Category
1890s Dutch School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
18th C, Late Baroque Style, Still Life, Dutch School, Vanitas Scene with Cherub
Located in brussel, BE
earthly for the heavenly, is typical of a memento mori painting. The skull immediately confronts us with
Category
18th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 30.52 in W 27.96 in D 2.76 in
Still life with dead goldfinch - The mystic blue transcends death -
Located in Berlin, DE
flying.
In this tradition, Cruickshanks' painting is a memento mori that is immediately appealing to
Category
1890s English School Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
19th Century Italian Sculpture White Carrara Skull, Black Marquina Marble Bust
Located in Firenze, IT
of Vanitas or Memento Mori, theme related to the caducity of human existence faced in different
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Renaissance Busts
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
H 15.36 in W 10.63 in D 5.52 in
Large oil on canvas by Leo Van Beers dated 1896
By Leo Van Beers
Located in Sleepy Hollow, NY
distance. A true "memento mori" in the 17th century tradition, masterfully executed by Dutch painter Leo
Category
Antique 19th Century Dutch Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Murex, cone, conch and auger shells
By Stephen Rose
Located in London, GB
, pictures of shells became very popular in the 17th century, particularly in Holland, where one of the
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Okimono of a Skull with a Snake, Hawk and Monkeys, circa 1890
Located in London, GB
symbols proliferated in 16th and 17th century paintings, engravings and sculpture, both in and out of the
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Collectibles and Curiosities
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17th century memento mori paintings can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $798, while the lowest priced sells for $480 and the highest can go for as much as $34,486.