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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
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Gothic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
H 18.23 in W 15.04 in D 2.37 in
Abstracted Vanitas with Goldfish and Skull
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Robert Azensky Fine Art is proud to offer this large-scale abstracted vanitas with goldfish, table
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Painting 18th Century Vanitas Still Life Skull Religion Esotericism Occult
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Vanitas 18th century
French School
Oil on canvas
Old frame gilded with gold leaves
Dim canvas : 73
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 36.62 in W 31.5 in D 3.94 in
Skull and Ornament - Vanitas, Still Life, Color Pencil Drawing, Framed
By John Hrehov
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawings of skulls are often called vanitas, which often contain collections of objects symbolic of
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Color Pencil
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
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Unknown Gothic Revival Fashion Rings
Materials
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vanitas III (Study) - Still Life Drawing of a Human Skull & Flowers
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
Matthew Cook
Vanitas III (Study)
Charcoal & Chalk on Paper
10h x 8w in
25.40h x 20.32w cm
FRAMED
Category
2010s Old Masters Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Charcoal
Yorik (Skull and Orb Vanitas Still Life Oil Painting in Cool Colors)
By Carl Grauer
Located in Hudson, NY
Yorik (Skull and Orb Vanitas Still Life Oil Painting in Cool Colors)
Painted by Hudson Valley based
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 10 in W 10 in D 1 in
Omnia Vanitas No.7 by Ronald Martinez - Fine art photography, still life, skull
Located in Paris, FR
Omnia Vanitas No.7 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Ronald Martinez
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Omnia Vanitas No.6 by Ronald Martinez - Fine art photography, still life, skull
Located in Paris, FR
Omnia Vanitas No.6 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Ronald Martinez
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Omnia Vanitas No.2 by Ronald Martinez - Fine art photography, still life, skull
Located in Paris, FR
Omnia Vanitas No.2 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Ronald Martinez
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Vanitas III - Still Life Painting of a Human Skull & Flowers, Oil on Aluminum
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
comforts while he can
– A. Brontë
Matthew Cook
Vanitas III
Oil & Acrylic on Aluminum
10h x 8w in (15.5h
Category
2010s Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
A Vanitas still life
By Evert Collier
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Attributed to Evert Collier (1642-1708)
A vanitas still life
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size 30 x 25 in
Category
17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
18th Century Oil on Canvas Heraldic Funerary Hatchment Painting
Located in London, GB
Skull Painting, Vanitas Painting.
A large high quality 18th Century Oil on Canvas Heraldic Funerary
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century British Gothic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Vanitas with Pallas Athena, Wheat, and Flowers, 1701
Located in Stockholm, SE
that heighten the vanitas theme—a skull, symbolizing mortality; a sheaf of wheat, representing the
Category
Early 1700s Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
H 27.56 in W 21.26 in
Oil painting on iron plate depicting a Vanitas, Italy late 17th century.
Located in Milan, IT
Oil painting on iron plate, depicting a Vanitas with skull and fruit. Octagonal frame in
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Italian Paintings
Materials
Iron
SOLID SOUND - Oil on Paper and Panel Painting of Skull on Table
By Jered Sprecher
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
shining surface. Its shifting perspective brings to mind the classic vanitas meaning of skulls in art: the
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
H 17 in W 13 in D 1 in
Memento Mori Late 17th Century Faux White Marble Child Skull Figure Sculpture
Located in Brescia, IT
leaf decoration. The title is Vanitas and the skull has the meaning of the passage of the time. The
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Giltwood
H 16.54 in W 20.08 in D 10.24 in
In Voluptate Mors, Salvador Dali's portrait, 1951
By Philippe Halsman
Located in PARIS, FR
as a modern variant on the Vanitas theme symbolized by skulls in ancient painting.
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
17th Century, Italian Painting Saint Jerome Hears the Trumpet of Judgment
Located in IT
the Vulgate. The skull symbolizes Vanitas, the transience of human life, and contemplation of death
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Paintings
Materials
Canvas
H 40.56 in W 31.5 in D 1.97 in
The Empresses (Set of 5), Laminated Giclée Print by Damien Hirst, 2022
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
later works such as the diamond skull For the Love of God (2007). Of the latter, the art historian Rudi
Category
21st Century and Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Glitter, Giclée, Screen
H 39.38 in W 39.38 in D 0.79 in
Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963) - Nature Morte au Pot
By Georges Braque
Located in Dallas, TX
period also feature the vanitas element of a human skull. Notwithstanding technical, stylistic, and
Category
1950s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Paint
Totenkopf (Skull)
By Fritz Aigner
Located in Wien, AT
This black and white vanitas stilllife of a skull on a piece of paper is one of the artists early
Category
1950s Surrealist Still-life Prints
Materials
Copper
Memento Mori
By Nicholas & Sheila Pye
Located in Bethesda, MD
the vanitas painting genre, such as skulls, ivy, rotting fruit, and books. For the Pyes, this work
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, Photographic Paper
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
Category
Antique 17th Century European Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Bone
Vanitas - Original Oil Painting of a Human Skull in 17th Century Dutch Style
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
This extraordinary painting of a human skull is created in the 16th or 17th century Dutch style
Category
2010s Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Vanitas II - Original Oil Painting of a Human Skull in 17th Century Dutch Style
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
This extraordinary painting of a human skull is created in the 16th or 17th century Dutch style
Category
2010s Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Special Ceramic Sculpture Vanitas
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
.
It is made in the manner of Arte Povera and inspired by the old theme Vanitas.
The ceramic ‘skull
Category
Vintage 1970s Belgian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Damien Hirst, 3D 'For The Love Of God' Lenticular Skull, 2012
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
. Compared to the tearful sadness of a vanitas scene, the diamond skull is glory itself". The artwork comes
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lenticular
H 33 in W 25.25 in D 2 in
Damien Hirst, 3D 'For The Love Of God' Lenticular Skull, 2012
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
. Compared to the tearful sadness of a vanitas scene, the diamond skull is glory itself". The artwork comes
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lenticular
H 33 in W 25.25 in D 2 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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Damien Hirst, 'For The Love Of God' Skull with Diamond Dust, 2007
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
sadness of a vanitas scene, the diamond skull is glory itself". The silkscreen print is layered with
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
sadness of a vanitas scene, the diamond skull is glory itself". The silkscreen print is layered with
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Screen
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
sadness of a vanitas scene, the diamond skull is glory itself". The silkscreen print is layered with
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Screen
H 22.5 in W 19.2 in D 2 in
The Sincerity of Death and Roses
By Michael Pajon
Located in New Orleans, LA
meaninglessness of earthly life and the transient nature of vanity. Common Vanitas symbols include skulls, which
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
19th Century, White Marble Sculpture A Depiction of Vanitas, Skull Memento Mori
Located in Roma, IT
19th century, a depiction of Vanitas, skull in white marble. A vanitas is a symbolic work of art
Category
19th Century Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
H 6.3 in W 6.7 in D 9.06 in
Vanitas Still Life with a Skull Watercolor Central European School
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Central European School
early 20th century.
A Vanitas still life with a skull,
watercolor on
Category
Early 20th Century European Other Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
Vanita Carpet Music Skull Tibaldi Paint Oil on canvas 17th Century Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Still life 'Vanitas' with carpet, clock, sheet music and skull
Circle of Antonio Tibaldi (Rome, c
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dutch Shool, Vanitas Scene with Cherub Leaning on a Skull, Oil on Canvas
Located in Leuven , BE
Cherub where, as in the present work, the naked child is combined with a vanitas still life.
Category
Antique 18th Century Dutch Paintings
Materials
Canvas
H 30.71 in W 27.96 in D 2.76 in
Marble Baroque Style Sculpture of a Skull as Vanitas Rosso Antico Italy 19th
Located in Roma, IT
The skull carved in specimen and rare Rosso antico marble, is an important example of work of
Category
19th Century Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
H 7.49 in W 8.27 in D 5.52 in
Sculpture Depicting a Vanitas, Italy 1600
Located in Milan, IT
A wooden sculpture of a skull, depicting a Vanitas. Made to hang on a votive chapel. Italy, early
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Fruitwood
Bronze Skull Sculpture
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
& Mandible in New York.
The skull refers to Vanitas and Memento Mori. It reminds people of there mortality
Category
1990s American Other Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Cast of a Human Skull
Located in Haarlem, NL
jaws.
This skull vanity (or vanitas) could be seen as a 'memento mori' to remind people of their
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Copper Engraving: Jesus at the Cross with Vanitas Symbols and Passion Implement
Located in Hamburg, DE
), the instruments of the Passion, a serpent reminiscent of the Old Testament, dice, and a skull as
Category
Antique 1750s French Other Prints
Materials
Paper
H 23.63 in W 19.69 in D 0.79 in
Life Cast Bronze Model/Sculpture of a Human Skull
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
.
This skull vanity (or vanitas) is a representative scientific model or a 'memento mori' , which was
Category
20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Memento Mori, 19th century Spanish School - signed indistinctly dated 1867
Located in Blackwater, GB
century Spanish Memento Mori study, oil on canvas signed and dated 1867. Table top allegorical vanitas
Category
19th Century Renaissance Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Old Master drawing of Saint Jerome and his lion
Located in Cotignac, FR
, kneeling before a crucifix and holding a stone in his hand to beat his breast; a skull (and other 'Vanitas
Category
16th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
H 8.75 in W 7.5 in D 1.5 in
MAN WITH SKULL VANITAS
By Francis Picabia
Located in Frankfurt, DE
SIGNED LOWER RIGHT: “FRANCIS PICABIA“
Vanitas painting: priest with skull and book
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impressive small vanitas painting, Dutch, 18th century, gold leaf frame
Category
Dutch Paintings
Materials
Panel
"Vanitas" Sculpture, Original Paint, Italy circa 1740
Located in Houston, TX
A massive hand-carved and painted wooden section from an altarpiece depicting the "Vanitas" symbol
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Sculptures
Materials
Wood
MIXED - PAPERWEIGHTS
By Magnus Gjoen
Located in London, GB
, where he expertly manages the balance between old and contemporary.
From Gjoen's ever popular Skull
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Sculptures
Materials
Glass
MIXED - paperweights
By Magnus Gjoen
Located in London, GB
, where he expertly manages the balance between old and contemporary.
From Gjoen's ever popular Skull
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art More Art
Materials
Glass
19th Century Painting Depicting Magdalene
Located in Badia Polesine, RO
hair. The skull (vanitas), crucifix and ointment, typical symbols of the iconography of the Penitent
Category
Antique 1830s Italian Baroque Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Mixed-Paperweights
By Magnus Gjoen
Located in Notting Hill, London
, where he expertly manages the balance between old and contemporary.
From Gjoen's ever popular Skull
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paperweights
MIXED - paperweights
By Magnus Gjoen
Located in London, GB
, where he expertly manages the balance between old and contemporary.
From Gjoen's ever popular Skull
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art More Art
Materials
Glass
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Vanitas Skull For Sale on 1stDibs
On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate vanitas skull for your needs in our varied inventory. You can easily find an example made in the Abstract style, while we also have 1 Abstract versions to choose from as well. You’re likely to find the perfect vanitas skull among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 18th Century as well as those made as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add a vanitas skull to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of black, red and more. Creating a vanitas skull has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Matthew Cook and Charles J. de Bisthoven are consistently popular. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in oil paint, paint and canvas can add an especially memorable touch.
How Much is a Vanitas Skull?
The price for a vanitas skull in our collection starts at $495 and tops out at $24,830 with the average selling for $4,000.