$6,240Sale Price|20% Off
18th Century, Italian 'Memento Mori' Old Master School of Guido Reni
By Guido Reni
Located in Atlanta, GA
Often also showing a lost love close to the sitter. A memento mori painting would often contain a portrait with a skull but other symbols commonly found are hour glasses or clocks, ...
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
Memento Mori
By Ilana Greenberg
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This painting, titled Memento Mori is an ode to vintage skull portraits.
Acrylic
Memento Mori - Critical Masses
By Marie Cameron
Located in Burlingame, CA
Over these clusters I superimpose a surreal element that represents the human interaction in a way that hopefully invites curiosity in a strangely relatable way. Memento Mori is a...
Canvas, Oil
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
$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
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
Miniature depicting a Memento Mori. Italy, late 19th century.
Located in Milan, IT
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...
Brass
$10,373
Memento Mori - Oil Still-Life Painting Colours Black Brown Beige Grey White Pink
By Lyubena Fox
Located in Sofia, BG
The concept has its roots in the philosophers of classical antiquity, and it was reflected in the artistic genre of Vanitas, where symbolic objects such as hourglasses and wilting fl...
Canvas, Oil
'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
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
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
$6,500
17th Century Memento Mori Vanitas Skull Old Master Oil Ex-Christie’s
Located in Yardley, PA
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.
Canvas, Oil
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
'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
Miniature painted in gouache on paper, depicting a Memento Mori, Italy 1808.
Located in Milan, IT
Miniature depicting a Memento Mori painted in gouache on paper, grisaille technique. The frame, in ebonized fruitwood and finished with wax, black in color, is oval in shape with an ...
Brass
Early 19th Century Italian School Memento Mori Oil on Canvas Welcome Death
Located in Lowestoft, GB
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...
Canvas
Memento Mori by Giovanni Martinelli 1670 Death Arrives at the Banquet Table
Located in Milano, MI
Italian painting from 1600 Banquet with Figures Memento Mori by Giovanni Martinelli, titled Death Comes to the Banquet Table, vanitas circa 1635. The oil-on-canvas painting is inspi...
Canvas, Oak
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
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
Unavailable
H 50.01 in W 50.01 in D 1.19 in
18th Century Oil on Canvas Heraldic Funerary Hatchment Painting
Located in London, GB
18th Century Oil on Canvas Heraldic Funerary Hatchment Painting, Memento Mori Painting, Vanitas Skull Painting, Vanitas Painting.
Canvas, Wood, Paint
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 45.67 in W 35.04 in D 1.19 in
Gösta Werner Memento Mori, 1964, Big Oil on Canvas Painting, Signed
By Gösta Werner
Located in Stockholm, Sweden
Gösta Werner (Swedish 1909-1989.) Memento mori. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1964. 89x116cm.
Unavailable
H 46.25 in W 36.75 in D 2 in
Ross Bleckner, Happiness For Instance I, 17-color screenprint, 1997; pink floral
By Ross Bleckner
Located in Houston, TX
Emerging as a prominent artist in New York during the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, Bleckner’s paintings, like memento mori, often suggest meditations on the body, health, disease, and e...
Screen
Baroque Vanitas or Memento Mori of a Skull, Bone, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Vanitas or Memento Mori skull. Carved bone. 17th century. Small human skull made of bone carved in its color with a clear naturalistic intention (visible in details such as the nose...
Bone
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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
19th Century Carved Marble Vanitas Bust
Located in London, GB
By the 15th century it could be extremely morbid and explicit, reflecting an increased obsession with death and decay also seen in the Ars moriendi, the Danse Macabre, and the overla...
Marble
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H 21.66 in W 17.33 in
Portrait of a Gentleman with Skull, Memento Mori oil on panel
Located in London, GB
While the expression may sound sombre, the point of Memento Mori is to serve as a reminder of our mortality so as to make the most out of life - memento mori works carry optimistic, ...
Oil, Wood Panel
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H 48.04 in W 48.04 in D 1.19 in
Pair of Untouched 18th Century Funeral Hatchments Coat of Arms Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A rare pair of 18th century oil on canvas funeral hatchments, each hatchment has the latin motto "Resurgam" I shall rise again. Typical lozenge shape, with black ground and family...
Cane, Pine
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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
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
Late 19th c. Signed Memento Mori Painting c.1883
Located in San Francisco, CA
An original signed 19th century acrylic Memento Mori painting. Signed "A. Vander Gracht, 1883 Gent".
Paint, Canvas
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H 30.52 in W 27.96 in D 2.76 in
18th C, Late Baroque Style, Still Life, Dutch School, Vanitas Scene with Cherub
Located in brussel, BE
This message, which reminds everyone that he will one day exchange the earthly for the heavenly, is typical of a memento mori painting. The skull immediately confronts us with death ...
Oil
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H 37 in W 32 in D 2 in
Mary Magdalene with Book and Skull - Old Master Italian religious oil portrait
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning Old Master 17th century Italian Baroque School religious portrait oil painting is of Mary Magdalene. It is also a Memento mori, a Latin phrase meaning ‘remember you mus...
Oil
Jack Gravin "Tobacco Plant"
Located in New Orleans, LA
It has the quality of a Renaissance memento mori painting, and shows the painstaking old-school technique as well.
Oil
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
Memento Mori Miniature Oil Painting on Wood 18th Century Baroque
Located in Hastings, GB
A wonderful 18th century memento mori, oil painting on a small wooden plaque.
Wood
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H 43.31 in W 28.35 in D 1.58 in
Rare 18th-Century Spanish Colonial Painting – Nun in Memento Mori Iconography
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
Rare 18th-Century Spanish Colonial Painting – Nun in Memento Mori Iconography An exceptional 18th-century Spanish Colonial oil painting on canvas, depicting a veiled nun in a strikin...
Canvas
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H 0.79 in Dm 1.78 in
Gilt Framed Memento Mori Miniature Oil Painting on Wood 18th Century Baroque
Located in Hastings, GB
An unusual and rare 18th century memento mori, oil painting on a small wooden plaque, with gilt wood notched surround.
Wood
Memento mori - A study of a Skull
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
E. Rusch (late 19th century) Memento mori - Study of a skull Pencil drawing Drawing Size - 11 x 18 in Framed Size - 17 1/2 x 24 1/2 in Memento mori is an artistic or symbolic trope ...
Pencil
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H 14.97 in W 140.95 in D 4.73 in
17th Century Hand Painted Venetian Gondola Funeral Board, Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A large green ground Venetian funerary board, this would of hugged the top hull of a gondola hence the boards convex construction. And obviously this would of been used for funeral p...
Pine
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H 75.6 in W 75.6 in D 1.19 in
18th Century English Armorial Hatchment of the Knightley Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A highly decorative 18th century Hatchment of extra large proportions, the lozenged oil on canvas depicts a crest with the latin motto "In Portu Quies" (In the quiet harbour). By ...
Canvas, Paint
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H 14 in W 14 in D 2 in
Antique American School 19th Century Memento Mori Human Skull Still Life Oil
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school memento mori still life oil painting. Oil on board.
Canvas, Oil
Memento mori - A study of a Skull in two positions
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
E. Rusch (late 19th century) Memento mori - Study of a skull in two positions Pencil drawing Signed and dated lower right Drawing Size - 13 x 18 in Framed Size - 19 1/2 x 24 1/2 in ...
Pencil
Baroque Miniature Oil Painting of Medusa
Located in Hastings, GB
A very rare 18th century oil painting on a small wooden lid of Medusa Circa 1760 Italy Width 9 cm, Depth 2.5 cm We have a group of these miniature paintings/Memento Mori as...
Wood
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H 11.23 in W 7.41 in D 0.04 in
Vanitas - Original Etching ad Drypoint by A. Doré - 1950s
By Amandine Doré
Located in Roma, IT
The image is sensual, interesting, and pleasant, despite the topic, among the most ancient ever represented in painting: the Memento Mori, dealt by the artist with remarkable irony.
Drypoint, Etching
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H 25.25 in W 54.25 in D 0.5 in
Large Early 20thC Italian Oil on Canvas Memento Mori Painting of a Skeleton
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The dramatic and large oil on canvas painting depicting a full skeleton resting upon a monument, holding an hourglass and scythe, painted in profile to a slate ground, and mounted in...
Canvas
Painting of Girl with Skull "Memento Mori I" Caitlin Karolczak
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Oil painting of a girl holding skull by contemporary artist Caitlin Karolczak.
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H 18.23 in W 15.04 in D 2.37 in
Early 19th Century French School Vanitas Still Life Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in London, GB
Antique Vanitas Oil Painting, Antique Memento Mori Oil Painting, Antique Skull Oil Painting, Gothic Antique Painting, 19th Century Vanitas Still Life Oil Painting.
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
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H 6.7 in W 9.85 in
Memento Mori, 19th century Spanish School - signed indistinctly dated 1867
Located in Blackwater, GB
Memento Mori, 19th century Spanish School - signed indistinctly dated 1867 Fine large 19th century Spanish Memento Mori study, oil on canvas signed and dated 1867. Table top alleg...
Canvas, Oil
Oil on Board of Memento Mori Skull and Butterfly 'Hodi Mihi Cras Tibi'
Located in London, GB
Oil on board depicting skull in photorealistic setting in Romanesque niche. The Latin inscription translates as ‘today me, tomorrow you’, reminding us that we are all mortal. The w...
Paint
Mona Lisa of the North
By Thirdy Bustamante
Located in Singapore, SG
Based on the Girl With A Pearl Earring, one of Vermeer’s most famous paintings, Thirdy provides a more contemporary take, portraying the classical beauty with the additional depth of...
Canvas, Oil
$288,785Sale Price|20% Off
H 113 in W 92 in
C19th Portrait Princesse de Joinville of Brazil - Spectacular fit for a palace
By Henri d'Ainecy Montpezat
Located in London, GB
Portrait of Princess de Joinville riding a Bay Horse Henri d’Aincy, Le Comte Monpezat (French 1817-1859) Painted circa 1837-9 oil on canvas 113 x 92 inches (including frame) 92 x 70 ...
Oil
$500 / item
H 18.7 in W 13.2 in D 3 in
Manly P. Hall's The Secret Teachings, Facsimile Book Set with Prints
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The classic encyclopedia of the arcane in an expanded edition. Renowned philosopher and lecturer Manly P. Hall’s masterful encyclopedia of ancient symbols, hidden rituals, and arcan...
Foil
$4,304Sale Price|20% Off
H 28.5 in W 24 in
Fine Italian Old Master Oil Painting c. 1700's The Madonna Christ Child St. John
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Madonna, Christ Child and St. John Italian Old Master, circa 1700's period oil painting on canvas, unframed Canvas: 28.5 x 24 inches conditon: overall very good for its age, a fe...
Canvas, Oil
$8,445Sale Price|20% Off
H 30 in W 52 in D 1 in
Huge 18th Century French Rococo Old Master Oil Allegorical Nude Winged Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Allegorical Winged Nude Lady, adorned with the attributes of Spring French School, 18th century (Rococo period) oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 30 x 52 inches provenance...
Oil, Canvas
$8,191
H 28.75 in W 50.79 in D 21.26 in
19th Century Infants Coffin Casket, Carved Wood, Etched Glass, Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
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...
Wrought Iron
$207,053Sale Price|24% Off
H 53.125 in W 43.25 in
Portrait of Anne, Lady Russell, later Countess of Bedford
By Anthony van Dyck
Located in London, GB
A three-quarter length portrait of Anne, Lady Russell, later Countess of Bedford (1615-1684), in a blue dress. Attributed to Sir Anthony Van Dyck. Anne Carr, Lady Russell, an estee...
Oil
$12,396Sale Price|30% Off
H 51.97 in W 48.04 in
Portrait Mignard Paint Oil on canvsa Old master 17th Century French Lady Woman
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Pierre Mignard, known as Le Romain (Troyes 1612 - Paris 1695), attributed Portrait of 'Louise Renée de Penancoët de Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth and Aubigny (Brest 1649 - Paris 1...
Oil
$4,044Sale Price|20% Off
H 49 in W 39.5 in
Huge Victorian English Old Master Oil Painting Madonna & Christ Child after Dyck
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Madonna and Christ Child English School, 19th century after the earlier painting by Sir Anthony van Dyck, unsigned oil on canvas, framed in fine elaborate gilt frame. Framed: 49...
Oil, Canvas
$198,142
H 57.68 in W 85.44 in
Flemish 17th, Orpheus and Animals, Large Decorative Wall Old Master Painting
Located in Greven, DE
Flemish school, 17th century Orpheus and the animals Oil on canvas, 146,5 x 217 cm Provenance: South German private collection. On an impressive, room-filling format, this painting ...
Canvas, Oil
$11,515Sale Price|20% Off
H 49.22 in W 39.38 in
Venus Bacchus Ceres Paggi 17th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master Mythologic
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Giovanni Battista Paggi (Genoa 1554 – Genoa 1627) Venus, Bacchus and Ceres (Parallel title: ‘Sine Cerere et Baccho, friget Venus’) Oil on canvas 103 x 78 cm. - Framed 125 x 100 cm. ...
Oil
$129,806
H 41 in W 34.75 in
Lady Dormore - A 16th Century Portrait of a key member of Shakespeare's England
Located in London, GB
Lady Dormer, Mary Browne c. 1592 oil on panel 35 x 29 inches, unframed; 41 x 34.75 inches, inc. frame Inscribed 'Lady Dormore' Mary married Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampt...
Oil
Crucifixion, Bruges school, Flemish, mid 16th century
Located in PARIS, FR
Crucifixion, cercle of Adriaen Isenbrandt, mid 16th century School of Bruges, cercle of Adriaen Isenbrandt (actif 1510-1551) Oil on oak panel with its original ebonized frame Dimensi...
Oak, Oil, Wood Panel
$139,713
H 64.57 in W 52.57 in
Portrait of Monsieur Aubert, a ceremonial portrait by Nicolas de Largillière
By Nicolas de Largillière
Located in PARIS, FR
Provenance : Arnold S. Kirkeby (1901-1962) Donated by Arnold S. Kirkeby to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1955, where it remained until its sale at Sotheby's, New York on Ja...
Oil
Mermod Fréres Station Cylinder Music Box
By Mermod Frères 1
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptionally wonderful and rare automaton cylinder musical box by the Mermod Fréres firm of Sainte-Croix, Switzerland is a marvel of musical craftsmanship. Through the window, ...
Walnut
$124,386Sale Price|20% Off
H 33.47 in W 27.84 in
17th Century by Giovanni Domenico Ferrucci The Death of Cleopatra Oil on canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Giovanni Domenico Ferrucci (Fiesole, Italy, 1619 – Lucca, Italy, post 1669) Title: The Death of Cleopatra Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 85 x 70.7 cm – with frame 10...
Canvas, Oil