Antique Memento Mori

Coffin-form boxes were used within lodge ceremonies as memento mori objects-physical reminders of mortality, brotherhood, and the transient nature of life.

Both theatrical and unsettling, it reflects the period’s fascination with memento mori imagery and satirical critique. The sheet shows age toning and scattered foxing, with colors r...

A devotional shrine, a Memento Mori, crafted from fruitwood with two juxtaposed panels hinged at the base, and crowned with a metal flame.

Note the quality with which the still life on the table was created, with coins, glasses and other everyday objects together with a skull, a typical memento mori for this type of com...

Showcasing dramatic Victorian Memento Mori symbolism, this rare early 20th-century desk stand features two cast-brass skulls mounted over crossed leg bones, serving as double inkwells.

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

Beside him, a skull and open book rest upon a richly draped red tablecloth — symbolic memento mori elements representing mortality, meditation, and theological study.

In one corner, a skull (memento mori, symbol of the transience of life) and symbols of the Passion are included, linking the saint’s repentance to Christ’s redemption.

Next to her are her typical iconographic attributes: a crucifix, a memento mori skull, an open book, and a jar of ointments.

A compelling example of German Baroque religious printing and “memento mori” iconography, appealing to collectors of: - early theology, - antiquarian books, - vanitas and mortality i...

Italian Capriccio Ruins of Church with a Cemetery & Gravediggers Apparently Unsigned Oil On Canvas: 13.5-inches high x 16- inches wide Framed : 18-inches high x 22 - inches wide x 2-...

Il passaggio inevitabile da una stagione all'altra ricordava allo spettatore la transitorietà della vita terrena (memento mori) ma allo stesso tempo questo suo fluire regolare lo ras...

The elongated shaft rises organically from a deeply carved base in the form of a skull resting upon crossed bones—an explicit reference to Golgotha, the place of the Crucifixion, and...

Marks: Unmarked This deeply personal and historically significant ensemble exemplifies the artistry and sentiment of 19th century memorial jewelry and would make an exceptional addi...

Their embrace unfolds beneath the presence of a cloaked skeleton, an arresting image that evokes the timeless motif of memento mori and underscores the fragile continuity of life.

The original artwork by Guido Reni and the one under study show the saint sitting in a wooded environment, while he rests his head on his left arm, in meditative concentration, and h...

The symbols evoke the Masonic iconographic repertoire: the globe surmounted by the eye alludes to universal knowledge and the vigilance of divine Providence, the skull recalls the tr...

Plates of this type are especially sought after by collectors of Old Master prints, anatomy, memento mori imagery, and interior designers looking for intellectual yet visually compel...

La figura della Maddalena emerge dall'oscurità, appoggiata a seguire la curva del supporto lapidico; è raffigurata volta con aria interrogativa verso il buio, come in atteggiamento d...

In original burgundy velvet case that has the name Isabella on it. The exhortation memento mori, which literally translates to remember death, urged the wearer to live a moral life.

Two figures stand beside a stone monument inscribed with the Latin phrase “IN ARCADIA EGO”, a baroque memento mori that evokes the idea of death being present even in idyllic places.

Framed within their original ebonized wooden surrounds, these medallions serve as compelling examples of the historical tradition of memento mori—a sobering yet beautiful reminder of...

Such vanitas undercurrents were common in still lifes of the Baroque era, wherein luxurious objects doubled as memento mori. Here, the glittering glass and gilded cup, emblems of ref...

As a nod to the passage of time or memento mori the flowers are all fully opened and the central tulip about to drop its petals.

For many years, scholars thought a child shown with a single shoe removed signified that the child had died before the portrait was made (a subtle memento mori). Indeed, some memoria...

It is tempting to wonder if Levis was creating a modern form of memento mori, a remembrance of a time before the devastation and violation that World War I brought to this part of Fr...

The figure of the Magdalene emerges from the darkness, leaning to follow the curve of the stone support; it is depicted vaulted with an interrogative air towards the dark, as if in a...

It is tempting to wonder if Levis was creating a modern form of memento mori, a remembrance of a time before the devastation and violation that World War I brought to this part of Fr...

Symbolic Layers The Skull: A classic memento mori, reminding us of life’s impermanence.

The late Baroque works of Claude Lorrain, Salvatore Rosa, and others had featured romantic and fantastic depictions of ruins; in part as a memento mori or as a reminiscence of a gold...