Antique Memento Mori

A truly exceptional pair of Memento Mori 'remember you must die' painted on board, these date to the 16th century and were originally housed in an North Italian Monastery, this incre...

Wunderkammer Memento Mori sculpture. depicting a skull, carved from a single piece of fruitwood, this sculpture depicts a skull with deliberately exaggerated and distorted proportion...

A striking and unusual example of early European memento mori art, possessing exceptional character, age, and decorative appeal.

Memento Mori is a modern artwork realized by Franz Biedermann (attr.) in 1902.

Marine ivory “Memento Mori” Vanitas   depicting a skull, made in Japan with great artistic skill during the Meiji period (1868-1912).

Pair of Original Memento Mori Charcoal Skull Drawings, France, circa 19th Century.

A cool antique Memento Mori locket charm, dating from the Georgian period, circa 1820.

This pendant can also be interpreted as a memento mori, i.e. a symbolic object that invites awareness of human mortality.

Rare Polish Vanitas Memento Mori Bronze Bust of Teofil Lenartowicz, Late 19th Century An unusual and highly evocative Vanitas Memento Mori bust depicting the celebrated Polish Roman...

Italy, 18th Century A rare and evocative Memento Mori devotional display, crafted in Italy during the 18th century.

Miniature depicting a Vanitas Memento Mori, painted in tempera on paper. The frame, made of ebonized fruitwood and finished with black wax, is oval in shape, with an internal oval bo...

This pendant belongs within the typology of the Memento Mori, symbolic objects that were intended to make the owner meditate on the transience of life, encouraging to live wisely and...

Miniature depicting a Memento Mori painted in gouache on paper, grisaille technique.

A stunning Old Master 18th or possibly 17th century Italian Baroque School religious portrait painting depicting a suffering lady (we believe this could be Mary Magdalene). It is al...

Its modest scale suggests private contemplation, while the virtuosity of the carving intensifies the tension between permanence in stone and the inevitability of decay.Sculptural mem...

Rare 19th Century Italian Hand Carved Memento Mori Hanging Candle Holder An unusual hand carved pine hanging candle holder in the form of a memento mori religious artefact.

19th century Italian Memento Mori walnut carving showing two naked reclining young men, one with his hand resting on a human skull on a post.

An Unusual and Rare English ‘Memento Mori’ Carved Shrine with Two Human Skulls to the underside, a carved ‘Dragonfly’ Marble 16th / 17th Century England Size: 36cm high, 28cm w...

Comes in a vintage box, accompanied by valuation certificate Memento Mori jewellery stands out for its haunting beauty, blending artistry with symbolic reminders of mortality.

On the lid a ring in smooth pink gold, which stops a glass lens. Inside a rare Memento mori decoration painted in oil on a white agate table.

Dipinto Antico del 1600 Banchetto con Figure Memento Mori dopo Giovanni Martinelli la morte arriva al tavolo del banchetto- memento mori del 1635 circa.

The body of the seal is made of jet, a mineraloid of vegetal origin, a variety of lignite, and is caged by a structure in lost wax cast in 88 zolotnik ( 916.6/1000) silver, depicting...

Decorated with four skulls to top with titles of a Witch, King, Beauty and Beggar to each Skull underneath. Lidded.

A rare and unusual large pipe depicting a Vanitas-Memento Mori, crafted from genuine carved meerschaum and silver with a genuine amber mouthpiece.

We believe the piece to be Italian from the language used within the banner, its only partly legible but appears to be a typical memento mori motto of welcoming death. It would appe...

Masterfully carved Italian Vanitas / Memento Mori bust in solid marble from late 19th century.

An exceptional and rare Gothic-Renaissance memento mori, sculpted in marble and surmounted by an original iron cross, originating from Austria, 16th century.

Dimensions of the oval front: 13mm x 11.5mm Comes in a vintage box, accompanied by valuation certificate Memento Mori jewellery stands out for its haunting beauty, blending art...

This striking still life work juxtaposes macabre subject matter with delicate brushwork. A crow - an archetypal symbol of death - picks at the lifeless body of a rabbit, while a vase...

The attention to detail and quality of the sculpture is superb, but this sculpture also carries a beautiful & strong message. Memento mori is Latin for “Remember death.” The expre...

The vanitas was also used in ancient Rome to remind you where you come from, you might have achieved great things but you should never forget your origin. During Middle Ages Meme...

An 18th century Georgian English Bilston Battersea enameled snuff or patch box, the motto reads, “In Memory of a Friend.” An example of Memento Mori, which translates from the Latin,...

The vulture is shown in a defensive posture, its beak angled downward and body tensed, evoking the symbolic theme of Memento Mori, a visual reminder of mortality that was common in 1...

A fine and very rare silver-gilt and pictorial enamel Memento Mori singing bird box, by Karl Griesbaum, Circa 1925, model number 7A, Going-barrel movement, Serial number 1...

Drawing inspiration from the old Flemish and Dutch still lifes, Egon Kossuth presents a modern vanitas imbued with the tragic and philosophical overtones of memento mori, in which th...

This engaging sculpture of Memento Mori dated Late 17th Century, is part of a production of small terracotta figures for private use, which Giuseppe Maria Mazza, created throughout h...

A Memento Mori in wood with Chrismon, monogram of Christ.

The inclusion of this epigram serves as a direct moral exhortation to the viewer - an intellectual memento mori that complements the visceral impact of the imagery.

Dipinto Italiano del 1600 Banchetto con Figure Memento Mori da Giovanni Martinelli, intitolato La morte arriva al tavolo del banchetto, vanitas del 1635 circa.

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...

A fine 19th-century Victorian mourning portrait executed in oil. The female sitter, captured in a three-quarter-length pose, wears a plain dark dress and white bonnet, with mourning ...

An exceptional antique Georgian pocket watch key, made of pink gold. The pink gold key is decorated and surrounded by detailed hollow curled figures on its border which features deli...

An early eighteenth-century, Italian baroque figural oil showing a group of cherubs or Amorini grouped together before red velvet drapes, one reclining on a wooden cross and wearing ...

A unique piece of Art. The skull is antique circa 19th Century incredibly enameled on gold. The eyes are diamond rose cut. It is magnificently adapted on a Snake yellow gold 18k rin...

19th Century Funerary Hatchment for Sir Henry Oglander, 7th Baronet of Nunwell Azure ground shows, a stork between three cross-croslets fitchee or, with Red Hand of Ulster canton of...

An interested continental pewter and lead glass tanker, dated 1817 with the initials "I B" incised in the lid. The tanker is heavily Sgraffitoed with a Latin Verso, cartouches and...

For sale a very rare early 19th century infants coffin carrier, this would of been housed on a horse and cart hearse. The casket has a decorative wrought iron edging two thirds of th...

Late 19th century decorative wood panel, hand carved curtain relief.

19th century, hand painted pine panel bearing a passage by Isaac Watts “Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away, They fly forgotten, as a dream Dies at the openi...

A fantastically decorative pen and ink calligraphy composition celebrating the life of a Maria Arthur Manchip who dies 1899. On paper, in a glazed period frame. Age related discolo...

Post Medieval momento mori ring,'in god alone we too are one'. A rare ring, the exterior of the D-shape band intricately engraved with floral motifs, and a skull with eyes, nose and ...

This pendant can also be interpreted as a memento mori, i.e. a symbolic object that invites awareness of human mortality.

This pendant can also be interpreted as a memento mori, i.e. a symbolic object that invites awareness of human mortality.

Excellent quality and condition Memento Mori study similar to the works of Pieter Claesz.

Excellent quality and condition devotional scene with infants bathing behind the crucifix and the skull (Memento Mori) at the base. Presented in an antique gilt and ebony frame.

Miniature depicting a Vanitas Memento Mori painted in pencil on paper. The frame, made of ebonized fruitwood and finished with black wax, is round with a circleinside, bordered by a ...

Excellent quality and condition Memento Mori study similar to the works of Pieter Claesz featuring a snake coiling around the skull placed upon a red drape.

Key Meanings of the Skull in Art: Memento Mori: The primary meaning; a reminder that death is inevitable, encouraging a focus on spiritual life over earthly pleasures.

The piece reflects the tradition of memento mori objects, symbolizing mortality and contemplation, highly valued in academic and collector circles of the period.

This pendant can also be interpreted as a memento mori, a symbolic object that invites awareness of human mortality.