Memento Mori Sculpture

Wunderkammer Memento Mori sculpture. depicting a skull, carved from a single piece of fruitwood, this sculpture depicts a skull with deliberately exaggerated and distorted proportion...

A finely carved solid marble bust depicting a hooded skeletal figure, this striking memento mori sculpture presents a smooth, polished skull emerging from deeply folded drapery that ...

A rare and highly evocative European memento mori terracotta sculpture depicting a human skull resting upon a rocky outcrop, entwined with serpents and surmounted by a distinctive lo...

Likely originating from a monastery or private chapel, it would have served as a meditation object for reflection on mortality and salvation- a central tenet of Christian humanist th...

Rare Polish Vanitas Memento Mori Bronze Bust of Teofil Lenartowicz, Late 19th Century An unusual and highly evocative Vanitas Memento Mori bust depicting the celebrated Polish Roman...

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...

Memento mori is Latin for “Remember death.” The expression originates from a specific custom of ancient Rome; when a victorious general was back from war and was brought in triumphal...

Masterfully carved Italian Vanitas / Memento Mori bust in solid marble from late 19th century.

Such works belong to the tradition of vanitas or memento mori (“remember you must die”), intended to prompt reflection on the transience of life, wealth, and reputation.Comparable in...

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...

Keywords: Florin Antiques, Memento Mori, Marble Skull, Laurel Wreath, Vanitas Sculpture, Italian Marble Sculpture, Classical Symbolism, Marble Bust, Cabinet of Curiosities, Philosoph...

Italy, 18th Century A rare and evocative Memento Mori devotional display, crafted in Italy during the 18th century. Housed within an elegant giltwood shrine, this remarkable object ...

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...

Memento mori is Latin for “Remember death.” The expression originates from a specific custom of ancient Rome; when a victorious general was back from war and was brought in triumphal...

Chain seal in silver and jet. The seal features a rectangular silver plate with a carved noble coat of arms representing a two-headed eagle. The matrix is crowned by a frame with a w...

An Unusual and Rare English ‘Memento Mori’ Carved Shrine with Two Human Skulls to the underside, a carved ‘Dragonfly’ Marble 16th / 17th Century England Size: 36cm high, 28cm w...

A Memento Mori in wood with Chrismon, monogram of Christ.

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...

Late 19th century decorative wood panel, hand carved curtain relief.

Though rendered in a moment of stillness and grace, the sculpture itself shows cracks, patina, and natural degradation, details Santos preserves intentionally in the image, transform...

Though rendered in a moment of stillness and grace, the sculpture itself shows cracks, patina, and natural degradation, details Santos preserves intentionally in the image, transform...

Though rendered in a moment of stillness and grace, the sculpture itself shows cracks, patina, and natural degradation, details Santos preserves intentionally in the image, transform...

Though rendered in a moment of stillness and grace, the sculpture itself shows cracks, patina, and natural degradation, details Santos preserves intentionally in the image, transform...

Though rendered in a moment of stillness and grace, the sculpture itself shows cracks, patina, and natural degradation, details Santos preserves intentionally in the image, transform...