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Contemporary Spanish Artist, Pop Art Sculpture Vanitas Skulls by Demo 2022
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Eladio de Mora-Granados, dEmo, is one of the most original creators on the Spanish art scene.
Born in Mora, Toledo, in 1960. A self-taught artist, dEmo's concerns began when he conc...
Category
2010s Pop Art Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Fiberglass
H 78.75 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Abstracted Vanitas with Goldfish and Skull
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-scale abstracted vanitas with goldfish, table, candle and skull by Bay Area artist Michael
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil, Canvas
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
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
Color Pencil, Archival Paper
Vanitas
By John McLeod
Located in Denver, CO
Skull and Tomatoes
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Vanitas
Located in Woodbury, CT
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Created in 2000, and much inspired by the Old Masters, this painting combines many “vanitas” symbols
Category
Early 2000s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
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 I+II
By Nicholas & Sheila Pye
Located in Montreal, Quebec
rotting flowers and skulls in a style reminiscent of sixteenth and seventeenth century vanitas paintings
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Bouquet of Flowers with Vanitas
By Louis Latapie
Located in London, GB
'Bouquet of Flowers with Vanitas', wax crayon on paper, by French artist, Louis Latapie (circa
Category
1930s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Wax Crayon
Vanitas Sculpture, Italy Beginning of 19th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Above the gilded wooden base is a Vanitas, a painted plaster sculpture depicting a human skull
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Vanitas Sculpture, Italy End of 18th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Over the carved wooden painted base depicting a rock, is set a Vanitas, plaster cast sculpture of a
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Sugar Skull
By Nicholas & Sheila Pye
Located in Montreal, Quebec
rotting flowers and skulls in a style reminiscent of sixteenth and seventeenth century vanitas paintings
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Vanitas with Marine Corps Coin" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Patrick Nevin's (US based) "Vanitas with Marine Corps Coin" is an oil painting that depicts a human
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
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
Category
20th Century American Baroque Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
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
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Paperweights
Materials
Glass
H 1.5 in W 2.75 in D 2.75 in
German Memento Mori Carved Skull
Located in Newark, England
Antique 18th century fruitwood carved Memento Mori Skull. The skull of petrified display powerfully
Category
Antique 18th Century German Gothic Mounted Objects
Materials
Marble
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
Category
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
19th Century Italian Roman Vanitas Bust Renaissance Revival Memento Mori Marble
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Masterfully carved & most impressive Italian Vanitas bust in solid marble from late 19th century
Category
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
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
Category
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
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
“Tech Vanitas: Reel to Reel” Contemporary Still-life Photo of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“Reel to Reel,” from my “Tech Vanitas” photography series, embraces our love for beautifully
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
Vanitas, Oil on Panel, Circle of Vincent Sellaer 'c. 1500-Mechelen, before 1589'
Located in Madrid, ES
Vanitas. Oil on panel. Surroundings by Vincent Sellaer (c. 1500-Mechelen, before 1589).
Oil on
Category
Antique 16th Century European Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Other
H 28.75 in W 22.45 in D 1.58 in
Vert de Peur - Skull Bronze Sculpture - Unique Piece
By Alain BELLINO
Located in Miami, FL
Renaissance period. Vanitas are one of my favorite themes, typical of classical sceneries.
In my work of re
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Eighteen Carat Gold Contemporary Skull Ring Claude Lévêque
Located in Chicago, IL
instead of a geometric one, an animated skull that recalls the “Dance of Death,” an
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Contemporary Fashion Rings
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold
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
Category
20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver
H 5.71 in W 5.52 in D 8.27 in
Platters, Vases & Fish, Grapes, Berries, Pomegranate, Deer Skulls (Memento Mori)
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
“vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the Baroque, where mortality is captured
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Digital
Antique Fauvist "Still Life with Flowers and Skull" Louis Mathieu Verdilhan
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Fauvist Vanitas "Still Life with Flowers and Skull"
Louis Mathieu Verdilhan (Provence
Category
Early 1900s Fauvist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
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
Skulls - Pair of Original Ink Drawings by Alessandro Dalla Nave - Early 1800
Located in Roma, IT
right of the skull, there are a cross and a torch. Plenty of vanitas symbols are represented in this
Category
Early 19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Skull with Sacred Writings and Tablets of the Law - Tempera on Cardboard
Located in Roma, IT
Skull with Sacred Writings and Tablets of the Law is a superb and colorful tempera on cardboard
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
H 9.77 in W 10.48 in D 0.48 in
Pop Art Color Photograph Dye Transfer Print Audrey Flack "Skull & Roses" Photo
By Audrey Flack
Located in Surfside, FL
1980's. "Skull and Roses" featuring a skull, makeup, a mercury glass vase, paint, flowers etc.
Audrey
Category
1980s Photorealist Color Photography
Materials
Dye Transfer, Photographic Paper, C Print
Pop Art Color Photograph Dye Transfer Print Audrey Flack Tarot Card, Skull Photo
By Audrey Flack
Located in Surfside, FL
1980's. "Wheel of Fortune" featuring a tarot card, a skull, lipstick, a crystal necklace, candle
Category
1980s Photorealist Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Dye Transfer
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
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass, Wood
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
Category
1920s American Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 27.17 in W 34.65 in D 3.15 in
17th c. German Memento Mori Monk c.1600-1699
Located in San Francisco, CA
. W 13 in. D 9 in.
HISTORY
From approximately the sixteenth century, skulls were commonly used to
Category
Antique 17th Century German Industrial Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Plate with Antler, Flowers, Egg Shells, Onions and Fish (Memento Mori)
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
, pattern, photography, porcelain, sevres, Sic transit gloria mundi, skull, still life painting, Ubi sunt
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
Broken Vessels
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
material plane, where our keepsakes are usually found. Yektai also drops a skull into the mix, reminding us
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Ceramic, Found Objects, Linen, Epoxy Resin, Oil
Quellinus Allegory Vanity Paint Oil on canvas old master 17th Century Flemish
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Erasmus Quellinus II (Antwerp 1607 - 1672)
Vanitas (as an Allegory of the Vanity of Life or of
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Alfano Dardari Large Midcentury Trompe L’oeil Still Life Oil Painting Framed
Located in Atlanta, GA
portrait with a skull but other symbols commonly found are hour glasses or clocks, extinguished or
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paint
H 26.5 in W 30.5 in D 1.25 in
‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’ No.5, Art Print Photo by Sinke & Van Tongeren
By Sinke & Van Tongeren
Located in Haarlem, NL
interpreted through vanitas still life's.
The collection, ‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’, comprises eight
Category
Antique Early 17th Century Dutch Renaissance Photography
Materials
Paper
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H 18 in W 22 in D 0.1 in
Alfano Dardari Midcentury Trompe L’oeil Still Life Oil Painting Framed
Located in Atlanta, GA
must die’. A basic memento mori painting would be a portrait with a skull but other symbols commonly
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paint
Ever Transient
Located in New Orleans, LA
Leventis considers the historical and contemporary significance of vanitas, a motif in which objects
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Allegory of Time. Oil on panel. Circle of Jacob de Backer (act. 1571-1585).
Located in Madrid, ES
: “Reality, time and artifice. Still life and vanitas in baroque culture” (October 21, 2021 to January 30
Category
Antique 16th Century Belgian Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Other
H 28.75 in W 22.45 in D 2.37 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
Pop Art Vintage Color Photograph Dye Transfer Print "Time to Save" Audrey Flack
By Audrey Flack
Located in Surfside, FL
1980's. "Time to Save" featuring a delcate porcelain bird, a butterfly, tropical fruit, a skull, a
Category
1980s Photorealist Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Dye Transfer
Togetherness I
By Nicholas & Sheila Pye
Located in Montreal, Quebec
carefully stage scenes akin to historical vanitas and portraiture paintings in order to address issues of
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Togetherness II
By Nicholas & Sheila Pye
Located in Montreal, Quebec
carefully stage scenes akin to historical vanitas and portraiture paintings in order to address issues of
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Thy Name is Woman
Located in Woodbury, CT
inches wide x 1.25 inches deep. Sold framed.
Stefaan was gifted this skull by a friend, whose carpenter
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Of Mice and Cats
Located in Woodbury, CT
x 28.625 inches wide x 2.75 inches deep. Sold framed.
This whimsical example of “vanitas” plays
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
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
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Napoleon III Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Skulls Complete Portfolio (FS II.157-160)
By Andy Warhol
Located in West Hollywood, CA
. Historically in art, the human skull represents the theme “vanitas,“ known as mortality or the shortness of
Category
20th Century Pop Art Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
Skull II - Photography, Still Life, Baroque, Contemporary, Art, Aaron Alamo
Located in Barcelona, Catalunya
Aaron Alamo uses the typical visual elements of the Baroque Vanitas, adding some contemporary
Category
2010s Baroque Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Giclée
Skull III - Photography, Still Life, Baroque, Contemporary, Art, Aaron Alamo
Located in Barcelona, Catalunya
Aaron Alamo uses the typical visual elements of the Baroque Vanitas, adding some contemporary
Category
2010s Baroque Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Giclée
Ninon, skull vanité, still life sculpture by Laurence Le Constant
By Laurence Le Constant
Located in Paris, FR
Ninon, is a unique work of the French contemporary artist Laurence Le Constant.
This skull is part
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
H 11.82 in W 4.34 in D 7.88 in
Talya, skull vanité, still life sculpture by Laurence Le Constant
By Laurence Le Constant
Located in Paris, FR
pheasant feathers, resin sculpture and base in patinated brass
This skull is part of the series My lovely
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
H 11.42 in W 4.34 in D 7.88 in
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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.
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