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Antique bubble glass paper weight, with vanitas Memento Mori, Italy 1850.
Located in Milan, IT
Antique bubble glass paperweight or paper press. Decorated with a base depicting a vanitas Memento
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Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Paperweights
Materials
Glass
H 1.5 in W 2.75 in D 2.75 in
Italian Marble Bust Vanitas / Memento Mori 19th Century Carved Sculpture Italy
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
message.
Memento mori is Latin for “Remember death.” The expression originates from a specific custom
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Busts
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
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H 23.63 in W 14.97 in D 7.88 in
19th Century Vanitas Memento Mori Skull on Diamond Gold Oversize Ring
Located in Geneva, CH
The skull is antique circa 19th Century incredibly enameled on gold. The eyes are Diamond rose cut.
It is magnificently adapted on a Snake yellow gold 18k ring mounting, the head wit...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Unknown Gothic Revival Fashion Rings
Materials
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Rare 19th Century Italian Memento Mori Bust / Sculpture Carrara Marble Vanitas
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Masterfully carved Italian Vanitas / Memento Mori bust in solid marble from late 19th century
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
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H 28.75 in W 15.75 in D 8.67 in
Spectacular Memento Mori Vanitas from the 19th Century - Italy
Located in Madrid, ES
This striking Memento Mori Vanitas serves as a captivating reflection piece from the 19th century
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Antique 1880s Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster
Italian Vanitas painter - 19th century figure painting - Memento Mori
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (19th century) - Memento Mori.
43 x 67 cm without frame, 48.5 x 72.5 cm with frame
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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H 19.1 in W 28.55 in
19th Century Italian Roman Vanitas Bust Renaissance Revival Memento Mori Marble
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
superb, but this sculpture also carries a beautiful & strong message.
Memento mori is Latin for
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Busts
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Carrara Marble, Marble
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H 29.53 in W 23.63 in D 11.03 in
German Memento Mori Carved Skull
Located in Newark, England
Antique 18th century fruitwood carved Memento Mori Skull. The skull of petrified display powerfully
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Antique 18th Century German Gothic Mounted Objects
Materials
Marble
Memento Mori 2 - 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
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Memento Mori 1 - 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
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21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cup with Fish, Fruit (Memento Mori)
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
reminder of the inevitability of death; “memento mori”.
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Memento Mori – Cups with Fish, Flowers
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
give an illusion of permanence but are a reminder of the inevitability of death; “memento mori”.
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Ink
Memento Mori - Cake Stand & Rotten Egg
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
give an illusion of permanence but are a reminder of the inevitability of death; “memento mori”.
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
American School Memento Vanitas Still Life Canvas Painting
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive oil on canvas memento mori or omnia vanitas still life painting. The site measures 15.5
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20th Century American Baroque Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Memento Mori – Cups in Baby Lamb Carcass
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
give an illusion of permanence but are a reminder of the inevitability of death; “memento mori”.
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Digital, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Memento Mori – Cup in Baby Lamb Carcass
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
give an illusion of permanence but are a reminder of the inevitability of death; “memento mori”.
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Memento Mori - Cup with Fish, Knife, Horsehair
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
give an illusion of permanence but are a reminder of the inevitability of death; “memento mori”.
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Memento Mori – Cup, Platter in Baby Lamb Carcass
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
give an illusion of permanence but are a reminder of the inevitability of death; “memento mori”.
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Memento Mori - Cake Stand, Cup, Bacon, Vegetable & Brie
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
give an illusion of permanence but are a reminder of the inevitability of death; “memento mori”.
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Platter with Kidney, Blackberries, Kimchi, Eel (Memento Mori)
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
a reminder of the inevitability of death; “memento mori”.
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2010s Baroque Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Memento o Vanitas scolpito su bianco Carrara e Emperador spagna
By Laboratorio Todini
Located in Tarquinia, IT
rappresentante il tema della "Vanitas" o "Memento Mori"
Era un tema molto in voga sopratutto nel 1600, il nome
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Early 2000s Italian Baroque Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
17th c. German Memento Mori Monk c.1600-1699
Located in San Francisco, CA
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Exceptional large Memento Mori sculpture in polychrome depicting a half flayed Monk. German 17th century. The
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Antique 17th Century German Industrial Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Memento Mori – Platters with Coral, Silkie, Berries, Grapes, Cabbage
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
give an illusion of permanence but are a reminder of the inevitability of death; “memento mori”.
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Digital, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Busto di faraone egizio, (memento- vanitas ) scolpito su marmo bianco di Carrara
By Laboratorio Todini
Located in Tarquinia, IT
in marmo bianco di Carrara rappresentante il tema della "Vanitas" o "Memento Mori"
Era un tema molto
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Early 2000s Italian Classical Roman Busts
Materials
Marble
H 20.48 in W 11.82 in D 7.09 in
Memento Mori – Platter, Vase with Lichi, Spoon, Can of Eel
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
give an illusion of permanence but are a reminder of the inevitability of death; “memento mori”.
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Platters, Vases & Fish, Grapes, Berries, Pomegranate, Deer Skulls (Memento Mori)
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
a reminder of the inevitability of death; “memento mori”.
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Plate with Antler, Flowers, Egg Shells, Onions and Fish (Memento Mori)
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
, imari, imariware, jingdezhen, limoges, meissen porcelain, memento mori, Mortality salience, old masters
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Death Comes to the Table Memento Mori by Giovanni Martinelli c. 1670
Located in Milan, IT
Dipinto Italiano del 1600 Banchetto con Figure Memento Mori da Giovanni Martinelli, intitolato La
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Antique Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oak
A big diorama with butterflies and flowers with a Memento Mori Italy 1850.
Located in Milan, IT
A Memento Mori from Wunderkammer, depicting a painted skull, leaning on a book with a scroll
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Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass, Wood
Memento Mori - Oil Still-Life Painting Colours Black Brown Beige Grey White Pink
By Lyubena Fox
Located in Sofia, BG
"Memento Mori "
Oil on canvas
Unframed 25 x 16,5 cm
Framed 50,5 x 42,5 cm
The
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2010s Academic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 9.85 in W 6.5 in D 0.79 in
Cranio umano scolpito in marmo bianco Carrara -memento- made in Italy
By Laboratorio Todini
Located in Tarquinia, IT
base in marmo grigio bardiglio rappresentante il tema della "Vanitas" o "Memento Mori"
Le dimensioni
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Early 2000s Italian Neoclassical Revival Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
19th Century, Italian Marble Sculpture, Skull
Located in PALERMO, IT
"Memento Mori Vanitas" Hard stone sculpture depicting a skull. Carved from a single block of
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Napoleon III Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Alfano Dardari Large Midcentury Trompe L’oeil Still Life Oil Painting Framed
Located in Atlanta, GA
guttering candles, fruit, and flowers. Closely related to the memento mori picture is the vanitas still life
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paint
H 26.5 in W 30.5 in D 1.25 in
Alfano Dardari Midcentury Trompe L’oeil Still Life Oil Painting Framed
Located in Atlanta, GA
to the memento mori picture is the vanitas still life. In addition to the symbols of mortality these
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paint
Reclining Nude On A Couch, Art Nouveau Signed Allan Gilbert American artist
Located in Gavere, BE
particularly remembered for a widely published drawing (un memento mori or vanitas) titled All Is Vanity.
The
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1920s American Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 27.17 in W 34.65 in D 3.15 in
Life Cast Bronze Model/Sculpture of a Human Skull
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
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This skull vanity (or vanitas) is a representative scientific model or a 'memento mori' , which was
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20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Allegory of Time. Oil on panel. Circle of Jacob de Backer (act. 1571-1585).
Located in Madrid, ES
common and well-known genre of the Baroque such as the “Memento Mori” (remember that you are going to die
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Antique 16th Century Belgian Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Other
H 28.75 in W 22.45 in D 2.37 in
Mirror Atomic by Antonio Cagianelli, Italy, Contemporary, 2017
By Antonio Cagianelli
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
, Milan - Exhibition Rebel - Milan Furniture Fair 2007
2006
Arums Gallery, Paris - Exhibition Memento
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2010s Italian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf
Damien Hirst - Abacus, hirst, skull, silver, sculpture, contemporary art
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
fly zapper - a veritable memento mori in the 'Vanitas' tradition. In many of Hirst's works the glass
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver
H 5.71 in W 5.52 in D 8.27 in
Contemporary Lamps Atomic Gold Leaf by Antonio Cagianelli, Italy
By Antonio Cagianelli
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
- Exhibition Rebel - Milan Furniture Fair 2007
2006
Arums Gallery, Paris - Exhibition Memento Mori
Edizioni
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron, Gold Leaf, Metal
Memento Mori
By Nicholas & Sheila Pye
Located in Bethesda, MD
works. The work, "Memento Mori" was a centerpiece of their exhibition entitled "Vanitas" in 2008. The
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, Photographic Paper
Memento Mori
Located in Brooklyn, NY
to Dutch Vanitas painting, still-life painting influences the series, both visually and symbolically
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
After Severin Roesen No. 0305 - Still life, flower bouquet blue & white vase
By Claire Rosen
Located in Houston, TX
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According to the artist: "Memento mori, a Latin expression, is a reminder of death's inevitability, a
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rattlesnake and Tulips - Dark golden yellow tulip bouquet w/ snake & moths
By Claire Rosen
Located in Houston, TX
artist: "Memento mori, a Latin expression, is a reminder of death's inevitability, a reminder that is at
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Floral Still Life No. 1114 - Flower bouquet in gilded vase with plums & crab
By Claire Rosen
Located in Houston, TX
artist: "Memento mori, a Latin expression, is a reminder of death's inevitability, a reminder that is at
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Table Still Life No. 1015 - Feast of pears, lemons, grapes, cherries & cheese
By Claire Rosen
Located in Houston, TX
artist: "Memento mori, a Latin expression, is a reminder of death's inevitability, a reminder that is at
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pink Transfer-ware & Felix No. 3387 - Surreal tea still life w/ goat & tarantula
By Claire Rosen
Located in Houston, TX
refers to unframed print. Please contact the gallery to discuss.
According to the artist: "Memento mori
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
French Still Life Oil Painting of Various Flowers, circa 1750
Located in Berlin, DE
represent a vanitas (memento mori) aspect, reminders of human mortality and invitations to meditate upon the
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Antique Mid-18th Century Louis XV Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
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
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Antique 17th Century European Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Bone
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
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Wooden Vanitas Sculpture
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
wears a laurel wreath that symbolizes the victory of death: we will all die someday. Memento Mori.
The
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Antique 1890s Belgian Baroque Revival Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oak
19th Century Carved Marble Vanitas Bust
Located in London, GB
, the Danse Macabre, and the overlapping motif of the Memento mori. Paintings and sculpture, such as
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Antique 19th Century Italian Renaissance Busts
Materials
Marble
19th Century Italian Sculpture White Carrara Skull, Black Marquina Marble Bust
Located in Firenze, IT
Vanitas or Memento Mori, theme related to the caducity of human existence faced in different epochs in the
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19th Century Renaissance Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
H 15.36 in W 10.63 in
Art Nouveau C. Allan Gilbert Paris School Portrait Print, Woman & Grapes
Located in Big Flats, NY
memento mori or vanitas) titled All Is Vanity. The drawing employs a double image (or visual pun) in which
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
H 17.75 in W 17.75 in D 1.75 in
Floral Still Life
Located in London, GB
life. Unlike memento mori art, vanitas paintings “also include other symbols such as musical
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1920s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi, XVIIth century
Located in Milan, IT
Memento mori, or scenes or still lifes with symbolic elements alluding to the theme of the transience of
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17th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Damien Hirst, 3D 'For The Love Of God' Lenticular Skull, 2012
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
encrusted in the sculpture. The artwork is a memento mori, or reminder of the mortality of the viewer. Art
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lenticular
H 33 in W 25.25 in D 2 in
Damien Hirst, 'For The Love Of God' Skull with Diamond Dust, 2007
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
sculpture. The artwork is a memento mori, or reminder of the mortality of the viewer. Art historian Rudi
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Early 2000s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Screen
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H 28 in W 24 in D 2 in
Damien Hirst, 'For The Love Of God' Skull with Diamond Dust, 2007
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
sculpture. The artwork is a memento mori, or reminder of the mortality of the viewer. Art historian Rudi
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Screen
Damien Hirst, 'For The Love Of God' Skull with Diamond Dust, 2007
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
sculpture. The artwork is a memento mori, or reminder of the mortality of the viewer. Art historian Rudi
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Screen
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H 22.5 in W 19.2 in D 2 in
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- What does memento mori mean?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021Memento mori means “remember that you must die” in Latin. A memento mori is an object which serves as either a warning or reminder of death. An example of a memento mori is a skull.
- What is a memento mori ring?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021Memento mori ring is a ring that is an artistic reminder of the inevitability of death. ‘Memento mori’ is a Latin term that means “remember you must die.” These rings typically either feature a skull, crossbones or skeletons to prompt people to remember the shortness of life. Shop a range of memento mori rings on 1stDibs.
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