17th Century Memento Mori Paintings
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
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Antique Late 17th Century Italian Paintings
Materials
Pine
H 14.97 in W 140.95 in D 4.73 in
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
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Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
Death Comes to the Table Memento Mori by Giovanni Martinelli c. 1670
Located in Milan, IT
Dipinto Italiano del 1600 Banchetto con Figure Memento Mori da Giovanni Martinelli, intitolato La
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Antique Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oak
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
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Antique Mid-17th Century Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate, Brass
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
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
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
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Ink
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
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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
Digital, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
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
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
Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
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
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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
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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
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2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Digital, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
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
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Antique Late 17th Century Italian Decorative Art
Materials
Terracotta
H 11.5 in W 9.25 in D 0.75 in
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
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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
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
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1730s Old Masters Still-life 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
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 70.08 in W 82.29 in D 5.91 in
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Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
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Italian Memento Mori skull - 17th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Italian Memento Mori skull
Marble
North of Italy, 17th century
H 9 x L 7 x P 14 cm
At the turn of the 16th century, they were the height of fashion: palm-sized carvings of skulls,...
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By Mappin & Webb
Located in London, GB
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H 12.41 in W 19.69 in D 18.12 in
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Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1910s Black Forest Brienz wood carved umbrella with handle in form of a dog. The dog has glass eyes. Nice addition to your collection or just for use. Made of hand carv...
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19th Century Memento Mori Carved Skull & Cross Bones
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A well executed almost life size skull and crossbones pine carving, depicting the remembrance that we all will pass.
Likely a part of a larger religious carving, possibly placed a...
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Antique 19th Century Italian Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pine
Wedding Chest From 1797
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
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Eurasian Eagle Owl 'Bubo bubo' on Antique White Museum Stand, 1910
Located in Leuven , BE
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1927, Entomology Collection of Fourteen Morpho Didius Butterfly Specimens
Located in Downham Market, GB
A beautiful collection of Morpho Didius butterflies specimens.
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Vintage 1920s British Victorian Taxidermy
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Glass, Wood
H 18.12 in W 13.78 in D 1.97 in
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Memento mori
Located in Veendam, NL
the still lifes of the 17th century Dutch Golden Age masters as Bloemmaert, Coosemans, Heda and Kalf
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Petals
By Cornelius Volker
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Völker's floral works refer to Dutch still life paintings of the 17th century and the convention of flowers
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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
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
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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
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Antique 17th Century European Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Bone
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.
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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
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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
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Floral Still Life
Located in London, GB
life. Unlike memento mori art, vanitas paintings “also include other symbols such as musical
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1920s Still-life Paintings
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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
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19th Century Renaissance Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
H 15.36 in W 10.63 in
Jean Valdor After Hieronymus Wierix Saint Francis Of Assisi, Engraving
Located in Cheltenham, GB
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Vanitas Still Life, 17th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Still Life Vanitas 17th Century
inscribed to Edwaert COLLIER (c.1640-1708)
Fine 17th Century
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17th Century Still-life Paintings
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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
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17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
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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
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Memento Mori – Platter with Kidney, Blackberries, Kimchi, Eel
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
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2010s Contemporary Photography
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Mary Magdalene with Book and Skull - Old Master Italian religious oil portrait
Located in London, GB
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17th Century Portrait Paintings
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Oil
David Adolf Constant Artz (After) Midday Meal, Oil Painting
By David Adolf Constant Artz
Located in Cheltenham, GB
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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
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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
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1890s English School Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor, Gouache
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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
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Antique 19th Century Italian Renaissance Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble, 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
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Antique 19th Century Dutch Paintings
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Canvas
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By Stephen Rose
Located in London, GB
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Canvas, Oil
Okimono of a Skull with a Snake, Hawk and Monkeys, circa 1890
Located in London, GB
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17th Century Memento Mori Paintings For Sale on 1stDibs
On 1stDibs, there are several options of 17th century memento mori paintings available for sale. Finding the perfect contemporary or Old Masters examples of these works for your space is difficult — today, we have a vast range of variations and more on offer. There are many variations of these items available, from those made as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. You can search the 17th century memento mori paintings that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of gray, beige, black and blue. Many versions of these artworks are appealing in their rich colors and composition, but Melanie Sherman produced especially popular works that are worth a look. Frequently made by artists working in paper, archival ink and archival paper, all of these available pieces are unique and have attracted attention over the years.
How Much are 17th Century Memento Mori Paintings?
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.
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