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Bronze Napoleon I Death Mask, From The Dr. Antommarchi Cast
Located in New Orleans, LA
This mesmerizing antique bronze death mask of the Emperor Napoleon I is cast from the mold created
Category

Antique 19th Century French Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Bronze

Mid Century Bronze Styled Cast Plaster Male Mask
By California Art Bronze Foundry, LA
Located in Cincinnati, OH
manner of bronze which is very realistic . This could be a so called death mask which was popular in the
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Busts

Materials

Plaster

Reaching (bronze hand)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Reaching, ca. 1980. Cast bronze. Signed in lower region on wrist. A rare example from the artist's
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Large Antique French Ormolu Drum Head Clock with Lions Masks
By Pierre-Antoine Foullet
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
bronze, it is of Neoclassical design. The movement is mounted in a large drum with superb lions mask
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Antique 19th Century European Neoclassical Mantel Clocks

Materials

Ormolu

Art Deco Silvered Bronze Wall Sculpture by Doris Kathleen Flinn
Located in London, GB
Silvered bronze mask of a female, an original piece by Doris Kathleen Flinn. This was most likely
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Vintage 1920s British Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pair of 19th Century Japanese Meiji Period Patinated Bronze Urns
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very handsome and large scale 19th century Japanese Meiji Period patinated bronze urns. Each urn
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Urns

Materials

Bronze

Art Deco Silvered Bronze Wall Mounted Sculpture by Doris Kathleen Flinn
Located in London, GB
Fine quality gilt bronze wall mask of a male subject with striking features, by Doris Kathleen
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Vintage 1920s British Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Rare French Antique Bronze Sculpture by Henri Brun, perhaps Julia Domna
Located in Shippensburg, PA
Sand-cast and patinated bronze signed "HENRI BRUN 1856" and inscribed "f. du par Vor. Thiebaut" ("made
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Antique 19th Century French Romantic Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Neoclassical Style Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Clock Set by Barbedienne
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in London, GB
Neoclassical style porcelain and gilt bronze clock set by Barbedienne French, late 19th Century
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Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Mantel Clocks

Materials

Ormolu, Bronze

Fanghu Han Dynasty 206BC-220AD Chinese Bronze Ritual Wine Vessel Jug & Cover
Located in GB
quality original Chinese bronze ritual wine vessel and cover, Fanghu Han Dynasty 206BC-220AD with Taotie
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antiquities

Materials

Bronze

Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Parquetry Bureau Plat After Cressent
By Charles Cressent
Located in New York, NY
A fantastic late 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze mounted inlaid parquetry bureau plat
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Antique French Gilt Bronze Clock with Portrait Plaque of Molière, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a superb antique French gilt bronze mantel clock with Bleu Celeste porcelain panels in the
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Antique 1860s French Mantel Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Late 18th Century, French Louis XVI Neoclassical Ormolu Gilt Bronze Cartel Clock
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
-Martin. Until the death of his father in 1765 he signed his works with ‘Gille L’Aine Fils’; thereafter he
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Wall Clocks

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Bronze Seven-Light Candelabra After Clodion Cast, Suse Frères French circa 1890
By Claude Michel Clodion, Susse Freres
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine pair of gilt and patinated bronze seven-light candelabra, after a model by Clodion, Cast by
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Candelabras

Materials

Bronze

Fine French 19th Century Bronze Figure of "Milo of Croton & Lion" After Falconet
By Étienne Maurice Falconet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Patinated bronze Figure of "Milo of Croton and the Lion" after the
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Antique 19th Century French Baroque Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

17th Century Italian Renaissance Walnut Tuscan Scrittoio Writing Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
the death mask of Dante Alighieri. Italy, c. 1600
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Antique 17th Century Renaissance Cabinets

Materials

Bronze

Chevre Allongee (Reclining Goat)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Chevre Allongee (Reclining Goat)" c. 1860, is bronze sculpture after renown French
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Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bust of John F. Kennedy
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Long Island City, NY
death mask, evoking the insects that creep across faces elsewhere in Dalí’s oeuvre to signify
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Harlequin by R. de Saint Marceaux, Cast by F. Barbedienne, France, Circa 1880
By F. Barbedienne Foundry, René de Saint-Marceaux
Located in PARIS, FR
, in patinated bronze with gilt highlights. Standing on a quadrangular base imitating the floor, this
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Antique 1880s French Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Large Antique English Trench Art Table Cannon
Located in Forney, TX
wheels, flanking central gilt bronze ormolu Bacchus mask mount. A truly superb specimen, very large
Category

Early 20th Century European Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Brass, Bronze, Copper

20th Century Louis XVI Style Museum Pedestal Clock after Jean-Henri Riesener
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Berlin, DE
with a delicate garniture of bronze. The dial and each panel are framed by an elegant frieze of palms
Category

20th Century Louis XVI Grandfather Clocks and Longcase Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Louis XVI Style Cabinet and its Companion Vitrine by F.Linke, France, Circa 1890
By François Linke
Located in PARIS, FR
gilded bronze. They are surmounted by a rectangular top with an egg-and-dart molded edge, above a frieze
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Antique 1890s French Louis XVI Cabinets

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Bust of Bacchante by Auguste Baptiste Clesinger, Rome, 1857
By Jean Auguste Baptiste Clesinger
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Dudevant. Perhaps more than any other work, the sculptor is best known for the death mask of the composer
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Romantic Busts

Materials

Bronze

Stylized Art Deco Standing Sculpture of Jesus Christ by Karl Hagenauer
By Karl Hagenauer
Located in San Diego, CA
bronze. Marked on the base "Hagenauer" "Wien" (Vienna), the piece is in very good vintage condition and
Category

20th Century Austrian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Napoleon III Pedestal Clock “Parquet Regulator” after Jean-Henri Riesener, 1734
Located in Berlin, DE
with a delicate garniture of bronze. The dial and each panel are framed by an elegant frieze of palms
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Grandfather Clocks and Lon...

Materials

Bronze

French 19th Century Louis XV Style Ormolu-Mounted Bureau Plat Desk
By Paul Sormani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
enclosing a fine modeled mask of Hercules wearing the Nemean lion pelt centered by flat cast encadrements
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Pair of Louis XVI Style Porphyry Urns, after Pierre Gouthière
By Pierre Gouthiere
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
in the center. The gilt bronze supports are cast with a satyr's mask amidst a fruiting vine and
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Vases

Materials

Porphyry, Bronze

French 19th C.Louis XV Style Ormolu Mounted Bureau-Plat Desk Attr. Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
known for his high quality reproductions of Louis XV and XVI furniture with finely chased gilt-bronze
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Magnificent Console by Barbedienne, Falguière and Dubois, France, Circa 1880
By F. Barbedienne Foundry, Paul Dubois, Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière 1
Located in PARIS, FR
style console is embellished with carved and gilded bronze ornaments. The belt, adorned with a fluted
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Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors

Materials

Marble, Bronze

A painted plaster herm bust of the Duke of Wellington by George Gammon Adams
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
. It is based on his death mask, which was also made by Adams, and depicts the Duke bare-chested with
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Antique 19th Century English Busts

Materials

Plaster

African 'Baoule' figure. Watercolour on Handmade paper Laid on Vélin d'Arches.
By La Roche Laffitte
Located in Cotignac, FR
include face masks and human figurines, but also include a great variety of work in gold, bronze, and
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Handmade Paper

A Fine Louis XVI Style Centre Display Cabinet by Paul Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
pilasters with cherub mask fruiting gilt-bronze clasps. The button-release sprung door enclosing an
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Vitrines

Materials

Ormolu

Early Ormolu and Sevres Porcelain Antique French Clock - Japy Fils Fully Working
By Japy
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
A fine and early clock by Japy Fils. It is beautifully made in ormolu (finely gilded bronze doré
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks

Materials

Ormolu

French 19th Century Ormolu Chandelier After André-Charles Boulle
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Ormolu Eight-lights Chandelier, each arm held by Indian masks with two lights in in-verted console. The
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Antique 1870s French Louis XIV Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Ormolu

Infighting, Ink Sketch, 20th Century British Artist, Framed
By Samuel Rabin
Located in London, GB
Olympic bronze medallist. Rabin, who was Jewish, was born Samuel Rabinovitch on 20 June 1903 at Dewhurst
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Paper

Chinese Export Famille Verte Porcelain & French Ormolu Chinoiserie Centerpiece
By Edward Holmes Baldock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
acanthus rim. The two ends with a projected mask of Chinese Imperial lions or foo dogs, surmounted and
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Antique 19th Century French Chinoiserie Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Ormolu

Victorian Burr Walnut Sevres Plaque Mirror Back Credenza Cabinet, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
mirror back features a gilt mask on top and th mirror is framed by a pair of Corinthian Columns with
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Antique 1860s English Victorian Cabinets

Materials

Ormolu

Lithograph Screenprint Male Heroic Figures
By Ernst Neizvestny
Located in Surfside, FL
a volunteer. At the close of World War II, he was heavily wounded and sustained a clinical death
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20th Century Post-Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Large Han Dynasty Hu Green Glazed Mythical Beasts Vessel
Located in Dallas, TX
. The beasts are separated by mountains with clouds overhead. On opposite sides are applied taotie mask
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Vases

Materials

Pottery

Tense Moment Study
By Samuel Rabin
Located in London, GB
, teacher, singer, wrestler and Olympic bronze medallist. Rabin, who was Jewish, was born Samuel Rabinovitch
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wax Crayon, Board

19th Century Ormolu Mounted Pedestal after Jean Henri Riesener
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This wall-side gilt bronze mounted pedestal with stepped veined marble top with canted front
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Pedestals and Columns

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

19th Century French Mahogany and Ormolu Bookcase in the Empire Style
By Antoine Krieger
Located in London, GB
finely chiselled mercury gilded ormolu bronze mounts. The glazed, four door upper section is surmounted
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Antique 19th Century French Empire Bookcases

Materials

Ormolu

Boucheron Parcel Gilt Silver Vase and Oil Lamp circa 1880
By Fréderic Boucheron
Located in New York, US
collector, perhaps on the death of Jean-Baptiste Pezon in 1897, by descent; acquired by YM Antiques, 2017
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Antique 1880s French Greek Revival Vases

Materials

Silver

Antique Ormolu & Sevres Porcelain Twin Branch Wall Light Sconces 19th C
Located in London, GB
features an elegant classical frame topped with a ribbon crest with a satyr mask below and featuring
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Antique 1850s Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Ormolu

Pair of Early 19th Century French Boulle Cabinets
By Etienne Levasseur
Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland
 Levasseur. gilt bronze mounted ebony and ebonised, cut-brass, pewter and faux tortoiseshell marquetry
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Cabinets

Materials

Brass

18th Century Italian Neoclassical Wood Dresser Attributed to Francesco Bolgiè
By Francesco Bolgié
Located in IT
, is in gilded bronze, chiselled with ribbon motif. The front panel opens downwards. The interior of
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Dressers

Materials

Giltwood, Wood

The Clinch
By Samuel Rabin
Located in London, GB
and Olympic bronze medalist. Rabin, who was Jewish, was born Samuel Rabinovitch on 20 June 1903 at
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20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

The Clinch
The Clinch
H 7 in W 5.5 in
Mine Near Continental Divide, Black White Colorado Mountain Landscape Winter
By Arnold Rönnebeck
Located in Denver, CO
, Marsden Hartley, of whom he sculpted a bronze head that was exhibited at the Salon d’Automne in Paris in
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1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

Colorado Gold Dredge, Breckenridge, Signed Black and White Mining Lithograph
By Arnold Rönnebeck
Located in Denver, CO
, Marsden Hartley, of whom he sculpted a bronze head that was exhibited at the Salon d’Automne in Paris in
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1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

House at Gregory Point (Colorado), 1930s Black and White Landscape Lithograph
By Arnold Rönnebeck
Located in Denver, CO
American modernist painter, Marsden Hartley, of whom he sculpted a bronze head that was exhibited at the
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Silver Mine, Russell Gulch (12/25) Abstract Black and White Print in Mountains
By Arnold Rönnebeck
Located in Denver, CO
, Marsden Hartley, of whom he sculpted a bronze head that was exhibited at the Salon d’Automne in Paris in
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Central City, Colorado 3/25, 1930s Black White Modernist Cityscape Lithograph
By Arnold Rönnebeck
Located in Denver, CO
modernist painter, Marsden Hartley, of whom he sculpted a bronze head that was exhibited at the Salon
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Yacht Races, Grand Lake, Colorado, 1933, Sailboats, Black & White lithograph
By Arnold Rönnebeck
Located in Denver, CO
sculpted a bronze head that was exhibited at the Salon d’Automne in Paris in 1912 and the following year at
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1930s American Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Original Drawing Painting Abstract Biomorphic Art Phoenix Bird Michele Oka Doner
By Michele Oka Doner
Located in Surfside, FL
over 9000 bronzes embedded in terrazzo with mother-of-pearl. At one and quarter linear miles, it is one
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gold Leaf

Original Drawing Painting Abstract Biomorphic Art Gold Leaf Michele Oka Doner
By Michele Oka Doner
Located in Surfside, FL
are able to dissolve space. A Death Mask, one of her first works, was selected as the cover of
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gold Leaf

Egyptian Polychrome Wooden Mask
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
masks were made from precious metals, mostly gold or gold leaves on bronze. All death masks were made to
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Antiquities

Materials

Wood

Egyptian Polychrome Wooden Mask
Egyptian Polychrome Wooden Mask
H 10 in W 8.8 in D 2.5 in
French Napoleon III Boulle Side Cabinet by Mathieu Befort
By Befort Jeune
Located in Macclesfield, GB
mirror to the door. Throughout the cabinet are exceptional bronze gilt ormolu mounts and moulds
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Mid-20th Century French Louis XIV Cabinets

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Bust of Ariadne, Jean-Baptiste, Known as Auguste Clésinger, 19th Century
By Jean-Baptiste Auguste Clesinger
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
made Chopin's death mask and a cast of his hands. He also sculpted, in 1850, the white marble funerary
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Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Busts

Materials

Bronze

F. Linke Bureau Plat and Bookcase, 19th Century
By François Linke
Located in Paris, FR
drawers. Chiseled ormolu mounts representing acanthus leaves and satyr masks. Assorted bookcase, kingwood
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Antique Late 19th Century French Regency Bookcases

Materials

Ormolu

Achille Brocot and Delettrez Neoclassical Perpetual Calendar Clock Garniture Set
By Achille Brocot, Jean-Baptiste Delettrez
Located in Keyston, GB
with lion mask capitals with a white enamel dial and moon phase together with subsidiary dials for day
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Brass

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Bronze Death Mask For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic bronze death mask available at 1stDibs. Each bronze death mask for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, bronze and ormolu. There are many kinds of the bronze death mask you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right bronze death mask, those designed in Louis XVI, neoclassical and Art Deco styles are of considerable interest. You’ll likely find more than one bronze death mask that is appealing in its simplicity, but Ferdinand Barbedienne, F. Barbedienne Foundry and Jean-Baptiste Auguste Clesinger produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Bronze Death Mask?

Prices for a bronze death mask can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $556 and can go as high as $382,324, while the average can fetch as much as $4,800.
Questions About Bronze Death Mask
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Death masks were a way to cover the face of a passed loved one and show honor to them. They also represented the features of the deceased, helping them be recognized in the spirit realm. On 1stDibs, find an array of death masks.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A death mask is called a “funerary mask” or “burial mask”. The mask was often made of wood or stucco and would cover the face of the deceased. You’ll find a collection of funerary masks from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021
    It is believed that Napoleon's death mask still resides in The Museum in Santiago de Cuba.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    No, death masks are not still made to record the facial features of deceased people because the advent of photography made them obsolete. However, some artists produce death masks and sculptures that resemble them for purposes of creative expression. You'll find a variety of death masks on 1stDibs.