Antique Skull

Woman and the Skull is an original China ink drawing on paper by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937).

A painting containing an ancient anatomical drawing in pencil and ink of four views of a skull, created for the creation of anatomical tables.

Antique print titled 'Ermite de Saint Paul'. Print of a Hermit of Saint Paul. This print originates from 'Histoire et Costumes des Ordres Religieux'. Artists and Engravers: Author...

The skull, small in size, is probably designed as an ornamental study element.

Box was originally screwed down(4 holed on bottom) with original lock intact. Interior with “skull” and “poison” stickers on original painted surface.

Carved from boxwood, it depicts a skeleton curled tightly in the foetal position, with the limbs drawn inward to form a compact rounded figure. The skull, ribcage, spine and folded ...

The composition features a group of skulls, believed to be hand-carved in wood, arranged within the enclosed shrine.

The artwork represents the dark scenery of skulls and dead in a dark stormy seascape, mysterious tribe war, with a raised flag on the right along the skulls, skilfully depicted by ex...

Above the shield rises a knight's helmet surmounted by a crowned lion crest, while below a ribbon bearing the Latin motto "Resurgam" ("I shall rise again") is accompanied by a painte...

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

This technique allowed for a matte, soft, and incredibly lifelike finish.The piece is divided into two parts: the main head serves as the container, while the upper dome (comprising ...

Large-format drawing depicting a skull lying on an open book, in front of a large crucifix.

The carefully carved costume and jewelry suggest social status and personal identity, while the skull replaces the living face. Such works belong to the tradition of vanitas or memen...

The polylobed foot features refined engraved decoration, including a depiction of Christ on the cross accompanied by a skull at the foot of the cross, the traditional symbol of Golgo...

The surface of each piece is embellished with applied and engraved decoration, replicating the rivets and structure of the helmet. The gorget and skull of each piece are further o...

The plaque is decorated with carved oak leaves and acorns. The skull features a pair of real deer antlers. The trophy was shot in the 1940s in Germany.

The central figure of Christ (corpus) and accompanying plaques of a skull and crossbones and a saw tooth sun behind Christ's head are all made of white metal.

A hook is attached to the top of the skull, from which hangs a ring made of the same material, designed to allow it to be worn as a pendant or amulet.

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.

To the base is a Memento Mori: the Skull & crossbones of Adam to symbolize Christ's victory over death and the washing away of original sin.

A brown habit with characteristic hood, rosary beads held aloft in one hand, and a hand pressed to his chest in a gesture of devotion. A skull in the lower left serves as a standard ...

His gaze is directed heavenward in rapturous ecstasy whilst holding a small crucifix. A skull is visible in the upper left, a common vanitas element in Franciscan imagery.

The combination of portrait-like facial studies with a precise anatomical rendering of the skull gives this plate an extraordinary scientific and artistic depth, bridging natural his...

The combination of portrait-like facial studies with a precise anatomical rendering of the skull gives this plate an extraordinary scientific and artistic depth, bridging natural his...

The composition is sometimes accompanied by a vase or a skull, and often enlivened by various insects and animals, here a few tiny ants and a snail.

Two pedestals are shown, one with a skull and the other with books. Compare with the rectangular plaque in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 2012.545.12), which dates from th...

The saint is portrayed clutching a crucifix and devotional vessel to his chest while gazing heavenward in mystical reflection. Beside him, a skull and open book rest upon a richly dr...

The scene is constructed with refined sensitivity to light, in a harmonious dialogue between the earthly dimension, highlighted by the skull and cross, and the celestial dimension, r...

Depicted standing and shown frontally, the skeletal figure is largely concealed by a long, cinctured monastic habit. The hooded skull is inclined slightly to one side, and the figure...

The figures are carefully labeled to identify major skeletal structures, including the skull, ribcage, spine, pelvis, and limbs. Drawn by Jacques de Sève and engraved in fine, preci...

Rustic decorative adolescent deer antlers with velvet, mounted in a hide block stamped with the image of a skull with antlers and mounted on a shield-shaped wooden plaque.

These subjects, which had particular success in the Flemish context, are works of great charm, interesting to study and often difficult to decipher; protagonist of our canvas we see ...

In the left hand, the deity holds a skull cup filled with brains, symbolizing impermanence, transformation, and the transcendence of ego.

Striking in its macabre subject matter, depicting a skull surrounded by human bones, our oil on canvas belongs to the rare Symbolist corpus within Egon Kossuth’s production.

With his feet he crushes a snake and a skull, a sign of Christ's triumph over sin and death.

This oval painting depicts the saint with the typical elements of her iconography: the skull, symbolizing meditation on the Passion; the book, representing her spiritual doctrine; an...

This traditional Indo-Persian Kulah Khud helmet is primarily made of forged steel. The skull bowl was fashioned from a single sheet of wrought iron or low-carbon steel, which was met...

At the upper right appears the famous Death's-Head Hawkmoth (*Acherontia atropos*), known for the skull-like marking on its thorax that has fascinated naturalists and inspired folklo...

We see her in profile, with a meditative gaze full of emotion, evoking repentance, directed toward the crucifix, the open book, and the skull—the three canonical symbols of her icono...

The traditional iconography of Saint Jerome is confirmed here through the usual symbols of his meditation: he holds a skull in his right hand, while in the foreground, a book bound i...

Figure 5 presents the brain removed from the skull in lateral aspect, highlighting the convolutions of the cerebral cortex and the cerebellum beneath.

The miniature depicts a still life, depicted on a shelf containing two books and a skull-shaped vase from which a large bouquet of flowers—roses, zinnias, and branches of foliage—eme...

CARVED FOLK ART MASONIC WALKING STICK Stained, ebonized and polychromed hardwood With bas-relief symbolism along the length of the shaft Circa late 19th century 36" in total length...

Below the agonized figure of Christ, the crucifix is further adorned with a skull and crossbones, a reference to Golgotha (Calvary), the site of the Crucifixion, whose name in Hebrew...

The handwritten inscriptions are on the skull with, place of the hunt, family crest and date.

The animals are rendered with careful attention to surface texture and volume, emphasizing the characteristic armored skin and massive physical presence of the rhinoceros. The inclus...

.) — a nocturnal primate from West Africa — accompanied by detailed anatomical studies of its skull and jaw, characteristic of the scientific rigor of the era.

On the lower left corner, we can also see a skull.

The saint is portrayed in half-length with his typical iconographic attributes: the crucifix to which to address adoration, the skull symbol of penance on the left hand resting on a ...

He is surrounded by vanitas symbols - such as the skull and burnt out candle - which serve as reminders of mortality and the fleeting nature of earthly life.

The bull protome—like the bucranium, the representation of the fleshless skull of an animal—is a typology that was especially developed from the Hellenistic period through the Roman ...

A finely engraved anatomical plate depicting the articulated skeleton of a quadruped shown in lateral profile, carefully arranged upon a rectangular stone pedestal within a lightly s...

The saint is depicted in a cave, next to a skull, a book, and a cross, iconographic symbols linked to spirituality and reflection on the transience of life.

Above it, in the upper central area of ​​the skull, stands out the fabric carved in great relief, with parallel folds.

They used to belong to secret societies and were kept in secret places.The Mangbetu nobility had a special ideal of beauty, which involved the artificial deformation of the occipital...

Although this reverence had roots in Europe and Britain predating the Celts, they developed it into an intricate cult, making it a distinctive aspect of their religious expression. ...

The modeled head, rendered with a contemplative downward gaze, displays the faintly delineated cranial mapping associated with phrenology—a once-popular theory that sought to correla...

The upper register (Figs. 2 and 3) depicts the skull in dorsal view and the mandible separately, rendered with precise delineation of dentition and cranial structure.

The miniature depicts a skull resting on a stone block shelf, on which sits an hourglass.

At the foot of the cross, a skull and a few bones evoke Adam and the redemption of humanity through Christ's sacrifice.