Terracotta Memento Mori Skull Sculpture, Italy 17th Century
Located in Nottingham, GB
A striking and unusual example of early European memento mori art, possessing exceptional character, age, and decorative appeal.
Terracotta
Antique Bronze Skull Bust Sculpture, Italian Vanitas & Memento Mori
Located in Nottingham, GB
Combining portraiture, symbolism, and mechanical ingenuity, this exceptional piece is both a fascinating conversation object and a rare example of Central European Memento Mori art. ...
Bronze
Memento Mori
By Ilana Greenberg
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This painting, titled Memento Mori is an ode to vintage skull portraits. Framed in vintage gold frame, wired and ready to hang, 10.5 in. wide x 12 in. high
Acrylic
Memento Mori
By Kiva Ford
Located in New York, NY
Kiva Ford Memento Mori, 2015 Borosilicate glass 13.50h x 7.50w x 7.50d in
Glass
Price Upon Request
Memento Mori
By Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick
Located in New York, NY
44 x 44 inches Archival inkjet print
$10,373
Memento Mori - Oil Still-Life Painting Colours Black Brown Beige Grey White Pink
By Lyubena Fox
Located in Sofia, BG
Exhibited in the “Memento Mori” art show in Manhattan, New York with Sugar Lift in the beginning of 2021 The symbolism: Memento Mori (Latin for 'remember that you have to die) is ...
Canvas, Oil
Memento Mori - Critical Masses
By Marie Cameron
Located in Burlingame, CA
Artist's statement: In my series Critical Masses, I explore the relationship between our species and various small marine creatures to illustrate in symbolic form various narrative...
Canvas, Oil
Memento Mori- All is Vanity #15
Located in New York, NY
Oil & Enamel Painted Silkscreen on Recycled Floppy Discs. Mounted on Custom built Panel. Featuring a skull motif. About the artist: Taylor Smith is a multimedia artist whose w...
Enamel
Memento Mori – Cups with Fish, Flowers
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso Other sizes available upon request COA provided In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of ...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Cup with Fish, Fruit (Memento Mori)
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso COA provided In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of different objects with my porcelain...
Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Digital
Framed 19th Century Oil - Memento Mori
Located in Corsham, GB
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...
Oil
Memento Mori - Cake Stand & Rotten Egg
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso Other sizes available upon request COA provided In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of ...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Memento Mori – Cups in Baby Lamb Carcass
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso Other sizes available upon request COA provided In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of ...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Memento Mori – Cup in Baby Lamb Carcass
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso Other sizes available upon request COA provided In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of ...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Memento Mori - Cup with Fish, Knife, Horsehair
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso Other sizes available upon request COA provided In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of ...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
French Contemporary Art by Claudie Baran - Memento Mori, Wrong and Right
By Claudie Baran
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed technique, acrylic, tempera, ink & dry pastel
Canvas, Mixed Media
Memento Mori – Platters with Coral, Silkie, Berries, Grapes, Cabbage
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso Other sizes available upon request COA provided In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of ...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
$13,000
Oracle, Contemporary Art Photorealist Memento Mori Oil Painting by Matthew Bober
By Matthew Bober
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Many of the artist's recurring elements are present in this work, chromatic colors, plastic, twine, screws a memento mori presented as a formal alter piece. Matthew Bober lives and ...
Oil, Panel
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“Reiter oder König” [Knight or King] - Memento Mori - Vanitas
Located in PARIS, FR
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...
Cardboard, Oil
Memento Mori – Cup, Platter in Baby Lamb Carcass
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso Other sizes available upon request COA provided In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of ...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Memento Mori - Cake Stand, Cup, Bacon, Vegetable & Brie
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso Other sizes available upon request COA provided In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of ...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Platter with Kidney, Blackberries, Kimchi, Eel (Memento Mori)
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
Limited Edition: 7 of 25 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso COA provided In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of different objects wit...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Framed 19th Century Oil - Lady in Memento Mori Jewellery
Located in Corsham, GB
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 ...
Oil
Memento Mori – Platter, Vase with Lichi, Spoon, Can of Eel
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso Other sizes available upon request COA provided In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of ...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
$745Sale Price|20% Off
Aesthetic Flower Orchid Photography - Memento Mori - By Evangelos Koukouwitakis
By Evangelos Koukouwitakis
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Aesthetic Flower Orchid Photography - Memento Mori - By Evangelos Koukouwitakis Memento mori is a Latin saying that starts with Remember that you are dying! or in general with a mem...
Giclée, Lithograph
18th C Vanitas (Memento Mori) Bust carved in marble, Italy
Located in brussel, BE
This marble bust unites worldly refinement and death in a single figure. The carefully carved costume and jewelry suggest social status and personal identity, while the skull replace...
Marble
Memento Mori - Drawing attr. to Franz Biedermann - 1902
Located in Roma, IT
Memento Mori is a modern artwork realized by Franz Biedermann (attr.) in 1902. Large-format drawing depicting a skull lying on an open book, in front of a large crucifix. Charcoal ...
Paper
Early 19th C Painted Passage by Isaac Watts Memento Mori Folk Art Sign
Located in Lowestoft, GB
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...
Pine
'Cherubs Playing', Angels, Amorini, Memento Mori, Naive, Baroque Religious Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
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 ...
Canvas, Oil, Board
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...
Pine
$1,790Sale Price|20% Off
Aesthetic Flower Photography - "Memento Mori 2" - By Evangelos Koukouwitakis
By Evangelos Koukouwitakis
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Aesthetic Flower Photography - "Memento Mori 2" - By Evangelos Koukouwitakis Memento mori is a Latin saying that starts with Remember that you are dying! or in general with a memory...
Lithograph
Banquet with Figures Memento Mori Italian 17th Century After Giovanni Martinelli
Located in Milano, IT
Antique Painting of 1600s Banquet with Figures Memento Mori after Giovanni Martinelli death comes to the banquet table-memento mori circa 1635. The oil on canvas painting (lined with...
Canvas, Oak, Oil
$1,790Sale Price|20% Off
Aesthetic Flower Photography - Memento Mori 1 - By Evangelos Koukouwitakis
By Evangelos Koukouwitakis
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Memento mori is a Latin saying that starts with Remember that you are dying! or in general with a memory of death! translates. The saying is considered a vanitas symbol. Vanitas desc...
Lithograph
Memento Mori - Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid, Interior, 21st Century, Color
By Lisa Toboz
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Memento Mori 2019 Edition 1/10 plus 2 Artist Proof, 20x25cm.
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
$6,500
17th Century Memento Mori Vanitas Skull Old Master Oil Ex-Christie’s
Located in Yardley, PA
This wonderful 17th-century French School vanitas painting is a meditation on mortality and the transience of earthly pleasures. The composition centers on a finely rendered human sk...
Canvas, Oil
Platters, Vases & Fish, Grapes, Berries, Pomegranate, Deer Skulls (Memento Mori)
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
Limited Edition: 5 of 25 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso COA provided In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of different objects wit...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Plate with Antler, Flowers, Egg Shells, Onions and Fish (Memento Mori)
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
Archival Pigment Print Year: 2015 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso Other sizes available upon request COA provided arita, aritaware, bones, ceramic Sculptur...
Archival Pigment
$3,000
Ensō: Memento Mori Red (2016) Limited Edition (print) by Murakami hand signed
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Ensō: Memento Mori Red (2016) by Takashi Murakami Offset lithograph Numbered and signed by the artist Sheet 67 X 67 cm Framed Edition 30/300 Takashi Murakami is best known for his...
Lithograph, Offset
'Words to the Wise', African American Memento Mori, Skeletons, Bay Area, Black
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed on palette, lower right, 'John Diallo Jones' (American, 20th century) and dated 1992. A dramatic figural oil showing the artist flanked by two whispering skeletons, one of wh...
Oil, Board
Memento Mori Original Charcoal Skull Drawings 19th Century Art
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Original Memento Mori Charcoal Skull Drawings, France, circa 19th Century. They measure 11.5"H x 13"W, and 10.5"H x 14.25"W framed. They were purchased in France and are beli...
Glass, Wood, Paper
1817 Sgraffitoed Latin Memento Mori Pewter and Lead Glass Skull Tanker
Located in Lowestoft, GB
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...
Pewter
Late 19th C Memento Mori Calligraphy In memory of Maria Arthur Manchip Died 1899
Located in Lowestoft, GB
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...
Glass, Wood, Paper
Memento Mori Bronze Vulture and Skull Sculpture by Bohuslav Schnirch
By K.K. Kunst-Erzgiesserei Wien
Located in Newark, England
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...
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Italian Walnut Memento Mori Carving with Skull & Nude Men
Located in Stamford, CT
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.
Walnut
Sultanabad Skull Rug Hand-Knotted Memento Mori Wool Carpet in Saffron, 8 x 10 FT
By djoharian-design
Located in Lohr, Bavaria, DE
A wide saffron border with leafy split-palmette scrolls frames the design on all four sides. Memento mori — Latin for "remember that you must die" — is one of the oldest and most end...
Wool
$2,657
Reflet, Contemporary Original Painting, Acrylic and Oil, Realist, Natural Art
By Deniz Bayav
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Thus, it establishes links with “vanitas” and “memento mori” in art history. In my daily life, in my nature walks, I always search for effects, objects and organisms that remind me ...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Damien Hirst - Abacus, hirst, skull, silver, sculpture, contemporary art
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
Categories: Damien Hirst - Abacus, hirst, skull, silver, sculpture, contemporary art, death, memento mori, authentic, original, decorative, design, art,
Silver
Eduardo Azuaje Venezuelan Oil Painting Tropical Azul Latin American Modernism
Located in Surfside, FL
These bone sculptures — assembled, disassembled, and reassembled into new configurations — engage in a dialogue with the history of sculpture, with the memento mori tradition of Euro...
Canvas, Oil
Flottant à la Surface, Original Oil Painting, Forest Undergrowth
By Deniz Bayav
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Thus, it establishes links with “vanitas” and “memento mori” in art history. In my daily life, in my nature walks, I always search for effects, objects and organisms that remind me ...
Canvas, Oil
Red and Green Oil Painting on Canvas, Forest Undergrowth, 70x50cm
By Deniz Bayav
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Thus, it establishes links with “vanitas” and “memento mori” in art history. In my daily life, in my nature walks, I always search for effects, objects and organisms that remind me ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,657
Décembre, Oil on Canvas, Contemporary painting, Sunlight Foliage, Living nature
By Deniz Bayav
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Thus, it establishes links with “vanitas” and “memento mori” in art history. In my daily life, in my nature walks, I always search for effects, objects and organisms that remind me ...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Poésie Muette, Oil on Canvas, Contemporary painting, Water Reflections, Rain
By Deniz Bayav
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Thus, it establishes links with “vanitas” and “memento mori” in art history. In my daily life, in my nature walks, I always search for effects, objects and organisms that remind me ...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
October, Oil painting on Canvas, Leafs, Forest, Realistic Nature
By Deniz Bayav
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Thus, it establishes links with “vanitas” and “memento mori” in art history. In my daily life, in my nature walks, I always search for effects, objects and organisms that remind me ...
Canvas, Oil
Abundance, Oil painting on Canvas, Leafs, Forest, Realistic Nature
By Deniz Bayav
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Thus, it establishes links with “vanitas” and “memento mori” in art history. In my daily life, in my nature walks, I always search for effects, objects and organisms that remind me ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,657
Back to the source, Oil painting on Canvas, Water Reflections, Leafs, Realistic
By Deniz Bayav
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Thus, it establishes links with “vanitas” and “memento mori” in art history. In my daily life, in my nature walks, I always search for effects, objects and organisms that remind me ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,340
Dérive, Oil on Canvas, Contemporary painting, Water Reflections, Leafs, Nature
By Deniz Bayav
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Thus, it establishes links with “vanitas” and “memento mori” in art history. In my daily life, in my nature walks, I always search for effects, objects and organisms that remind me ...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
La Terre, Le Ciel, Oil on Canvas, Contemporary painting, Water, Reflections
By Deniz Bayav
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Thus, it establishes links with “vanitas” and “memento mori” in art history. In my daily life, in my nature walks, I always search for effects, objects and organisms that remind me ...
Canvas, Oil
Memento Mori
By Nicholas & Sheila Pye
Located in Bethesda, MD
Nicholas & Sheila Pye are a Canadian artist team who collaborate on cinematic and photographic works. The work, "Memento Mori" was a centerpiece of their exhibition entitled "Vanitas...
Digital Pigment, Photographic Paper
Memento Mori
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Jenn Dierdorf's flower paintings offer an arresting take on a timeless subject. With a reference to Dutch Vanitas painting, still-life painting influences the series, both visually...
Acrylic, Paper
Memento mori
Located in Veendam, NL
Marion Kraus (1953) is a Dutch contemporary art painter and digital photographer. In her oeuvre she gradually shifted from oil painting towards the digital camera. In some of her pho...
Photographic Paper
Memento Mori
Located in London, GB
Brice Gelot is a french self-taught photographer who has gained a strong reputation for his raw and powerful photography, known for his photojournalism, documenting the street cultur...
Photographic Paper, C Print
Memento Mori 2
By Kate MacDowell
Located in Miami, FL
Slip cast and hand built porcelain with glaze. Classical theme of Memento Mori, with contemporary natural references. Naturalistic depictions.
Antique Memento Mori Late 18th Century
Located in Firenze, IT
Shipping policy No additional costs will be added to this order. Shipping costs will be totally covered by the seller (customs duties included). Vanity skull in plaster painted, mo...
Plaster
Memento Mori, Wooden Skull from Innsbruck, Austria
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Unique sculptured wooden Skull from Innsbruck, Austria, from around the 1920 ties, extremely fine sculptured piece of Artisanal work, looks like a real skull, beautiful old patin...
Fruitwood
Unavailable
H 15.75 in W 19.69 in
Holy Head - Skull, Abstract, Memento Mori, Acrylic, 21dt Century, Dark, Painting
By Gogi Gelantia
Located in Berlin, DE
Following in the tradition of Memento Mori subject matter, Gelantia has created an eerie and yet thoroughly enticing work.
Acrylic
Unavailable
H 6 in W 6 in D 0.75 in
Very Rare French Earthenware Memento Mori Skull Paving Tile, circa 1530
Located in Concord, MA
A very rare French "Memento Mori" tile used in French paving from the 13th-17th century. Comparable pieces came from Brou. Very unusual to find one in this kind of condition.
Earthenware
Unavailable
H 31.5 in W 12 in D 12 in
OUR COLLECTIVE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS - skull, roses, and black swan (memento mori)
By Taylor Robenalt
Located in Seattle, WA
"Art has been an obsession of mine since I was a little girl. It allows me an outlet to represent a part of me that I have a hard time putting into words – therefore, I create. Makin...
Luster, Porcelain, Stoneware, Glaze, Mixed Media
Unavailable
H 3 in W 0.5 in D 0.75 in
Memento Mori Pin Mounted with Large Japanese Carved Angel Skin Coral Skull
Located in Port Hope, ON
This silver metal Memento Mori pin features a large (1.0" long X 0.5" wide) grinning skull exquisitely carved in angel skin coral. In order to keep the skull in position when it is b...
Coral, Silver Plate
Monet Water Lilies by Korean artist , Kyu-Hak Lee
Located in Washington, DC
SELECTED SOLO-EXHBITIONS Monuments, Black Square Gallery, Miami, 2013 Monument—Homage to Van Gogh, Gallery MEE, Seoul, 2013 Monuments, Black Square Gallery, Miami, 2012 Monument-mi...
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Magazine Paper
Unavailable
H 52.5 in W 39.5 in D 4 in
Van Gogh Sunflowers Still-life by Korean artist , Kyu-Hak Lee
Located in Washington, DC
SELECTED SOLO-EXHBITIONS Monuments, Black Square Gallery, Miami, 2013 Monument—Homage to Van Gogh, Gallery MEE, Seoul, 2013 Monuments, Black Square Gallery, Miami, 2012 Monument-mi...
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Magazine Paper
Unavailable
H 58.5 in W 44.5 in D 4 in
Portrait of Pablo Picasso by Korean artist , Kyu-Hak Lee
Located in Washington, DC
SELECTED SOLO-EXHBITIONS Monuments, Black Square Gallery, Miami, 2013 Monument—Homage to Van Gogh, Gallery MEE, Seoul, 2013 Monuments, Black Square Gallery, Miami, 2012 Monument-mi...
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Magazine Paper
Unavailable
H 59 in W 46 in
"Degas Ballet Dancer at the Barre" by Korean artist , Kyu-Hak Lee
Located in Washington, DC
SELECTED SOLO-EXHBITIONS Monuments, Black Square Gallery, Miami, 2013 Monument—Homage to Van Gogh, Gallery MEE, Seoul, 2013 Monuments, Black Square Gallery, Miami, 2012 Monument-mi...
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Magazine Paper
Unavailable
H 59 in W 46 in D 4 in
"Van Gogh Portrait in Green" by Korean artist , Kyu-Hak Lee
Located in Washington, DC
SELECTED SOLO-EXHBITIONS Monuments, Black Square Gallery, Miami, 2013 Monument—Homage to Van Gogh, Gallery MEE, Seoul, 2013 Monuments, Black Square Gallery, Miami, 2012 Monument-mi...
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Magazine Paper
Unavailable
H 58 in W 46 in D 3 in
"Van Gogh Portrait in Red" by Korean artist , Kyu-Hak Lee
Located in Washington, DC
SELECTED SOLO-EXHBITIONS Monuments, Black Square Gallery, Miami, 2013 Monument—Homage to Van Gogh, Gallery MEE, Seoul, 2013 Monuments, Black Square Gallery, Miami, 2012 Monument-mi...
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Magazine Paper
Unavailable
H 59 in W 46 in D 4 in
"Degas Ballet Dancer on Pointe" by Korean artist , Kyu-Hak Lee
Located in Washington, DC
SELECTED SOLO-EXHBITIONS Monuments, Black Square Gallery, Miami, 2013 Monument—Homage to Van Gogh, Gallery MEE, Seoul, 2013 Monuments, Black Square Gallery, Miami, 2012 Monument-mi...
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Magazine Paper
Along University at Toronto G20
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Working with images as they would appear in a distorted reflective surface, he meticulously recreates the warped forms on canvas, imbibing them with a sense of uneasiness. Referencin...
Canvas, Acrylic
MEMENTO MORI SKULL (BLACK)
By Mr. Brainwash
Located in Aventura, FL
Casted high impact resin with hand laid metallic paint. Hand signed and numbered COA issued by the artist. From the edition of 150. Includes original box. Artwork is in excellent ...
Resin
Memento Mori Skull on Bible
Located in Palm Beach, FL
For centuries, the skull has been used as a reminder of one’s mortality and the fragility of human life. Memento mori is a latin term meaning: “remember, you must die.”
Porcelain, Glaze
Prisoner of War Memento Mori
Located in London, GB
Prisoner of War Memento Mori This unusual object is made from cow bone. Likely to have been produced in the 19th Century by a prisoner of war. this object includes a fully articu...
Bone
Memento Mori Carved and Polychrome Painted Wood 1780
Located in Hastings, GB
A beautifully crafted pine 18th century Memento Mori depicting a Skull set upon a book, probably German, circa 1780. Width 18cm, Depth 9.5cm, Height 9.5cm
Pine
19th Century Pair of Memento Mori Carved Pine Folk Art Skulls
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderful pair of pine skull plaques, nievely carved from pine with their original painted finish. Likely too of been part of larger sculpture, frame or religious icon. 19t...
Pine
Memento Mori American 19th Century
Located in Hudson, NY
Rare American folk-art Memento Mori of Hiram Aluro Hill, died age 11, 1845.
Wood, Paper
Sold
H 21.66 in W 17.33 in
Portrait of a Gentleman with Skull, Memento Mori oil on panel
Located in London, GB
This early oil on oak panel depicting a gentleman in a black costume with a white collar and matching wrist cuffs, sits within a genre known as memento mori. In medieval times the t...
Oil, Wood Panel
Sold
H 5.91 in W 14.57 in D 7.88 in
Early 19th Century Italian Giltwood Skull & Crossbones Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An early 19th century Italian gilt wood Memento Mori skull & crossbones. Likely to of been part of much larger interior architectural piece, or a decorative element on a frame hou...
Pine
Sold
H 23.23 in W 24.02 in D 1.97 in
19th Century Embroidered Silk Work Memento Mori Morning Scene Sampler Folk Art
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A hand embroidered work in muted colors, typical of the scene and subject. The piece would off likely been produced by a young woman and taken many hours to complete. The image de...
Silk, Mahogany
Sold
H 18.51 in W 13.98 in D 0.91 in
Early 20th Century Memento Mori Reminder Curiosity Face in the Mirror
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A rather odd and atmospheric image of a young woman hidden behind a foxed mirror plate. The gelatin silver print appeared to off been placed rather artistically some time ago, be...
Mirror, Oak
Sold
H 5.71 in W 10.63 in D 3.15 in
17th Century Memento Mori Carving Shelf Ledge Macabre Curio Antique
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A finely carved Memento Mori base to hold the holy cross, now hangs to make for a decorative wee shelf. Original oil gilt and green ground, European in origins, age related wear knoc...
Hardwood
Portuguese Memento Mori Painted Skull Cabinet
Located in North Miami, FL
This is a truly unique Memento Mori cabinet or chest found in Portugal. Three ample drawers and original key. It is worn and aged beautifully, very solid and reminiscent of the days...
Wood
Sold
H 16 in W 12 in
Memento Mori Skull Painting, Profile View, Original Oil on Canvas Still Life
By Peter Lupkin
Located in Chicago, IL
Vanitas paintings (painting of skulls) first came into favor in the 16th century made popular by the Dutch painters. They were a unique genre in which the skull was a reminder of th...
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 6.7 in W 7.88 in D 4.93 in
18th Century Memento Mori Carving Shelf Calvarium Ledge Macabre Curio Antique
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A finely carved Memento Mori base to hold the holy cross, now hangs to make for a decorative wee shelf. Original polychromed painted decoration, European in origins, age related wear...
Hardwood
Italian Memento Mori skull - 17th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Memento mori were part of a larger cultural moment that emphasized humility, reflection and moral obligation.
Marble
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H 11.5 in W 9.25 in D 0.75 in
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 skeleton sitting on a rock with a scythe in his hand and an hourglass at his side....
Terracotta
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H 12.6 in W 9.26 in D 0.99 in
Late 18th Century Engraving Human Skeleton by James Neagle Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An late 18th century engraving depicting the internal framework of the human body (skeleton) age related foxing to all edgers of the paper ground, later glazed and framed in a per...
Paper
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H 9.06 in W 4.73 in D 0.4 in
19th Century Naive Half Length Portrait Young Lady in Mourning Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A pleasantly naive half length portrait of a young lady wearing black and her hands clutching, possibly a lady in mourning. 19th Century in age, European in origin. Age related...
Canvas
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H 11.23 in W 13.19 in D 0.99 in
19th C Pen & Ink Hand Inscribed Descriptions of Burial Chambers Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A written account and some wonderful naïve imagery of a 19th century burial chamber. Later mounted and framed in an early 20th century ebonised and gilt slip frame. 33.5/28.5/2.5cm...
Pine, Paper
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H 6.11 in W 3.15 in D 2.76 in
Early 19th C Maritime Sailor's Coconut “Bugbear” Memento Mori Gun Powder Flask
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Antique nautical sailor's carved coconut “Bugbear” gun powder flask, late 18th/early 19th century with brass mounts and nozzle. Also with an unusual inset carved bone skull and cross...
Natural Fiber
Mid Century Cast Metal "Memento Mori" Skull Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
There is a long tradition of the memento mori (latin "Remember Death") used in art to convey various ideas about the mortality of man.
Metal
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H 11.82 in W 9.06 in D 8.27 in
Mexican Day of The Dead Dia De Los Muertos Carved Oak Memento Mori Skull
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A oversized carved oak manically grinning skull, with original paint. Late 19th century in age, likely to of been carved in the Guerrero district of Mexico and connected to the d...
Oak
Floral Still Life
Located in London, GB
These pieces often pair cut flowers with objects like human skulls, waning candles and overturned hourglasses to comment on the fleeting nature of life. Unlike memento mori art, vani...
Oil
Memento Mori: Skull on Bible Sculpture by László Mattyasovszky Zsolnay
By Zsolnay
Located in Palm Beach, FL
For centuries, the skull has been used as a reminder of one’s mortality and the fragility of human life. Memento mori is a latin term meaning: “remember, you must die.”
Earthenware
Baroque Vanitas or Memento Mori of a Skull, Bone, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
This element (which already appears in the Renaissance as demonstrated by the account of the rosary with lovers and the death skull from circa 1500-1530 made in ivory and attributed ...
Bone
Richard Minadeo Green Wedgewood Cameo Earrings
By Richard Minadeo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We are pleased to announce Resurrected: Richard Minadeo and the art of Memento Mori: 1980’s and Today. Famous in the ’80s for his handmade, one of a kind, and extremely personal jewe...
Richard Minadeo Three Tier Pink & Ivory Cameo Earrings
By Richard Minadeo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We are pleased to announce Resurrected: Richard Minadeo and the art of Memento Mori: 1980’s and Today. Famous in the ’80s for his handmade, one of a kind, and extremely personal jewe...
Richard Minadeo Virgin Mary & Red Crystal Earrings
By Richard Minadeo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We are pleased to announce Resurrected: Richard Minadeo and the art of Memento Mori: 1980’s and Today. Famous in the ’80s for his handmade, one of a kind, and extremely personal jewe...
Richard Minadeo Onyx & Crown Cross Necklace
By Richard Minadeo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We are pleased to announce Resurrected: Richard Minadeo and the art of Memento Mori: 1980’s and Today. Famous in the ’80s for his handmade, one of a kind, and extremely personal jewe...
Richard Minadeo Gold Snake & Roman Bracelet
By Richard Minadeo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We are pleased to announce Resurrected: Richard Minadeo and the art of Memento Mori: 1980’s and Today. Famous in the ’80s for his handmade, one of a kind, and extremely personal jewe...
Richard Minadeo White & Gold Capricorn Zodiac Earrings
By Richard Minadeo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We are pleased to announce Resurrected: Richard Minadeo and the art of Memento Mori: 1980’s and Today. Famous in the ’80s for his handmade, one of a kind, and extremely personal jewe...
Richard Minadeo Pink Astrological Mystic Earrings
By Richard Minadeo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We are pleased to announce Resurrected: Richard Minadeo and the art of Memento Mori: 1980’s and Today. Famous in the ’80s for his handmade, one of a kind, and extremely personal jewe...
Richard Minadeo Purple, Pink, & Gold Cross Earrings
By Richard Minadeo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We are pleased to announce Resurrected: Richard Minadeo and the art of Memento Mori: 1980’s and Today. Famous in the ’80s for his handmade, one of a kind, and extremely personal jewe...
Memento Mori, a Victorian Final Finger
Located in Peekskill, NY
Churches would display memento mori art to compel viewers to meditate on death, reflect on their lives, and re-dedicate themselves to preparing to meet God.
Memento Mori
By Johann Elias Ridinger
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Memento Mori images were meant as a reminder of the fleeting nature of life, with symbols such as the candle that is burnt out, and the flower already loosing its petal, along with t...
Mezzotint
MEMENTO MORI SKULL (BLACK)
By Cryptik
Located in Aventura, FL
Casted high impact resin with hand laid metallic paint. Hand signed and numbered COA issued by the artist. From the edition of 150. Includes original box. Artwork is in excellent ...
Resin
Paula Wildhack, Memento Mori
Located in Cheltenham, GB
A crucifix juts towards the viewer as a candle appears almost burnt down. It’s a ‘memento mori’, a reminder of one’s own mortality.
Canvas, Oil
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H 14.57 in W 19.69 in
"Memento Mori" pattern, contemporary, surrealist, peacock
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Pattern, contemporary, surrealist, peacock
Engraving
Cabinet of Curiosities Entomological Display with Antique Glass Dome
Located in New York, NY
Entomological Display Under Antique Victorian Glass Dome A striking entomological display by Hasharat, featuring an assemblage of exotic insect specimens mounted on brass armatures b...
Glass
"Snowy Owl" Driftwood Mount
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Snowy owl on driftwood mount. Life-size and realistic however made of white Imden farm goose feathers as a recreation. The beak and claws are sculpted from a resin material. 28"H x 1...
Feathers
$480
H 2.25 in W 2.88 in D 2.63 in
Early 20th Cent Elegant Dance Ball Bird Couple Austrian Vienna Bronze Miniature
By Franz Xaver Bergman (Bergmann)
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1910s Vienna bronze figurine, expertly crafted and beautifully detailed in the tradition of Austrian cold-painted bronzes. This charming polychromed bronze sculpture sh...
Bronze
$2,838 / item
H 24 in W 24 in D 24 in
Modern Fabric Pendant Light by Studio Mirei, Nebula 60, from Costantini
Located in New York, NY
The Nebula collection is drawn out of the interstellar clouds of dust and gas in space - regions where stars begin to form. Made of a woven natural fiber from the banana tree, which ...
Natural Fiber
Rare Regency Memento Mori Box
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Decorated with four skulls to top with titles of a Witch, King, Beauty and Beggar to each Skull underneath. Lidded.
A diorama with fishes, Italy 1870.
Located in Milan, IT
A natural Wunderkammer specimen: a marine diorama with two decoy fishes (Pterois volitans), a brunch, fan shaped, of Horny coral, starfish, and reef. The Specimens are mounted inside...
Glass, Wood
$187,500
H 102 in W 84.5 in D 22.5 in
Exceptional 19th Century English Chinoiserie Pagoda Display Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...
Glass, Mahogany
Important Maison Gripoix Floral Arrangement, Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Riverdale, NY
Important Gripoix Floral Arrangement, from the former YSL Showroom on West 57th St in New York City. One of an important trio that were used for decoration within the Lalanne designe...
Silver Plate, Bronze
Exotic - A Fetish for the Foreign
Located in New York, NY
A fascinating survey of the enduring human love affair with the exotic and the strange in art, architecture and design, and its impact on Western culture Exotic explores our obsessio...
Paper
Annie Leibovitz At Work
Located in New York, NY
Annie Leibovitz, our most celebrated living photographer, explains how her pictures are made, in this updated edition of her classic text In this newly revised edition of her semina...
Paper
$139,865
H 51.19 in W 125.99 in D 31.5 in
'Quoting Charles Darwin I' a Fine Taxidermy Tableaux by Sinke & Van Tongeren
By Sinke & Van Tongeren
Located in Haarlem, NL
This monumental work is inspired on the famous quote of Darwin. “If everyone were cast in the same mould, there would be no such thing as beauty.” It is because of this quote that we...
Animal Skin
$13,383
H 23.63 in W 14.97 in D 7.88 in
Italian Marble Bust Vanitas / Memento Mori 19th Century Carved Sculpture Italy
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Masterfully carved Italian Vanitas bust in solid marble from late 19th century. White Carrara marble skull combined with a red Rosso Imperiale marble Roman toga (robe). The roman...
Marble, Carrara Marble
$46,621
H 16.54 in W 20.08 in D 10.24 in
Memento Mori Late 17th Century Faux White Marble Child Skull Figure Sculpture
Located in Brescia, IT
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...
Terracotta, Giltwood
$198,260
H 48 in W 32 in D 29 in
Incredible 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Covered Urn Emblematic of Autumn
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
An incredible and truly monumental 19th century Meissen Porcelain Covered urn emblematic of autumn. This is one of the most incredible and spectacular displays of Meissen Porcelain w...
Porcelain
Baccarat Ormolu Cave à Liqueur
By Baccarat
Located in New Orleans, LA
This charming and rare 19th-century cave à liqueur by the renowned cristallerie Baccarat gets a unique twist thanks to its oriental design. Taking the form of a palanquin, the doré b...
Bronze
R. Lalique Rare and Important Rene Lalique Yellow Amber Bacchantes Vase
By René Lalique
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
R. Lalique Rare and Important Rene Lalique Yellow Amber Bacchantes René Lalique (1860 - 1945) Bacchantes A Yellow Amber Rene Lalique Glass Vase with ten female nude figures in high...
Glass