Vanitas 7, Vanitas by Christian Houge - Photography, vanitas, skull
By Christian Houge
Located in Paris, FR
Vanitas 7, Vanitas Series is a limited-edition photograph by Norwegian artist Christian Houge.
Archival Pigment
$6,500
17th Century Memento Mori Vanitas Skull Old Master Oil Ex-Christie’s
Located in Yardley, PA
The texture of the cloth, painted with careful attention to light and shadow, contrasts sharply with the cold surface of the skull, reinforcing the theme of impermanence. Such contra...
Canvas, Oil
$4,800Sale Price|20% Off
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, candle and skull by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957).
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Vanitas: Pyrography on Eucalyptus Wood, Skull, and Owl
Located in Milan, IT
Vanitas is one of the most enduring subjects in the history of art, a theme that has been a recurring motif in painting for centuries as a meditation on mortality, time, and the frag...
Wood, Engraving
"Vanitas: Yuletide Harvest" still life, skull, realism, botanical
Located in Atlanta, GA
Jordan Baker is inspired by the works of Rachel Ruysch, Adriaen van Utrecht, Caravaggio, Raphaelle Peal and Velasquez. Hudson Valley-based artist, Jordan Baker creates paintings, sc...
Canvas, Oil
Antique Bronze Skull Bust Sculpture, Italian Vanitas & Memento Mori
Located in Nottingham, GB
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...
Bronze
$10,856
Vanitas Still Life with Skull, Hourglass, Globe and Music, 17th Century
By Evert Collier
Located in Liphook, GB
Vanitas Still Life with Skull, Hourglass, Globe and Music, 17th Century Edward Collier (Breda circa 1640-1708 London) Large 19th century Vanitas Still Life of a skull, hourglass, ...
Canvas, Oil
Vanitas II, Skull Mixed Media Art, Framed, 21st Century, 72x60
By Fabien Rocca
Located in Miami, FL
Mixed-media contemporary artist from Miami via Corsica, France who has lead national digital art campaigns, most notably for Warner Bros 75 Years of DC Comics, and the development o...
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
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 X 60 cm Dim frame : 93 X 80 cm Certificate of authenticity
Oil
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 the inevitability of death and the transience and vanity of earthly achievements a...
Archival Paper, Color Pencil
19th Century Vanitas Memento Mori Skull on Diamond Gold Oversize Ring
Located in Geneva, CH
A unique piece of Art. 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 rin...
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 DIMENSIONS 16h x 14w x 1d in 40.64h x 35.56w x 2.54d cm MLC014 Bio: Matthew Cook ...
Paper, Chalk, Charcoal
Vanitas Still Life Of The Base Of A Skull & Bones, oil on panel
Located in Liphook, GB
Vanitas Still Life Of The Base Of A Skull & Bones, oil on panel follower of Pieter Claesz (1597-1660) Dutch Vanitas still life of the base of a Skull among bones, oil on panel.
Oil, Wood Panel
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 artist, Carl Grauer, in 2022 oil on canvas Signed verso Excellent condition NATU...
Canvas, Oil
Vanitas Still Life Of A Skull & Snake, oil on panel follower of Pieter Claesz
Located in Liphook, GB
Vanitas Still Life Of A Skull & Snake, oil on panel follower of Pieter Claesz (1597-1660) Dutch Vanitas still life of a Skull and snake, oil on panel.
Oil, Wood Panel
$5,009
Omnia Vanitas No.7 by Ronald Martinez - Fine art photography, still life, skull
By Ronald Martinez
Located in Paris, FR
Omnia Vanitas No.7 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Ronald Martinez. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in one size: *40...
Photographic Paper, C Print
$3,817
Omnia Vanitas No.2 by Ronald Martinez - Fine art photography, still life, skull
By Ronald Martinez
Located in Paris, FR
Omnia Vanitas No.2 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Ronald Martinez. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 sizes: *28 ...
Photographic Paper, C Print
$3,817
Omnia Vanitas No.6 by Ronald Martinez - Fine art photography, still life, skull
By Ronald Martinez
Located in Paris, FR
Omnia Vanitas No.6 is a limited-edition photograph by French contemporary artist Ronald Martinez. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 2 sizes: *28...
Photographic Paper, C Print
Vanitas in carved and engraved boxwood, in the shape of a skull, Italy 1700.
Located in Milan, IT
Rare and unusual Vanitas in carved and engraved boxwood, in the shape of a skull.
Boxwood
$4,000
Vanitas III - Still Life Painting of a Human Skull & Flowers, Oil on Aluminum
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
Inscription on back of drawing: Laughter is mad, and reckless mirth— What does she in this weary earth? Should Wealth, or Fame, Our life employ. Death comes, our labour to destroy; ...
Oil, Acrylic
Marine ivory “Memento Mori” Vanitas, 1850s
Located in Roma, IT
Marine ivory “Memento Mori” Vanitas depicting a skull, made in Japan with great artistic skill during the Meiji period (1868-1912).
Ivory
18th C Vanitas (Memento Mori) Bust carved in marble, Italy
Located in brussel, BE
The carefully carved costume and jewelry suggest social status and personal identity, while the skull replaces the living face. Such works belong to the tradition of vanitas or memen...
Marble
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 interlocking ebonized wood with flaring to match the painting and gold profiling on lead.
Iron
A Very Difficult Game Indeed (Study) - Still Life Drawing of Bird Skull
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
The hearts, symbols of love and authority in Wonderland, also carry darker undertones of punishment and irrational power (“Off with their heads!”), making the skull’s presence feel o...
Paper, Chalk, Charcoal
SOLID SOUND - Oil on Paper and Panel Painting of Skull on Table
By Jered Sprecher
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
Its shifting perspective brings to mind the classic vanitas meaning of skulls in art: the frailty of life and mystery of death.
Paper, Oil
Memento Mori Late 17th Century Faux White Marble Child Skull Figure Sculpture
Located in Brescia, IT
The sculpture has a gilded wooden base finely engraved with a leaf decoration. The title is Vanitas and the skull has the meaning of the passage of the time.
Terracotta, Giltwood
Memento Mori Marble Bust with Laurel Wreath, Italy, 1980s
Located in Madrid, ES
Keywords: Florin Antiques, Memento Mori, Marble Skull, Laurel Wreath, Vanitas Sculpture, Italian Marble Sculpture, Classical Symbolism, Marble Bust, Cabinet of Curiosities, Philosoph...
Marble
Wood Carving with Ivory Inserts, Early 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Marine ivory “Memento Mori” Vanitas depicting a skull, made in Japan with great artistic skill during the Meiji period (1868-1912).
Ivory
Framed 19th Century Oil - The Hermit
Located in Corsham, GB
A compelling religious scene depicting a cloaked hermit absorbed in the study of the Bible before a crucifix. He is surrounded by vanitas symbols - such as the skull and burnt out ca...
Oil
17th Century, Italian Painting Saint Jerome Hears the Trumpet of Judgment
Located in IT
The book, one of his iconographic attributes, alludes to his numerous exegetical writings and to the Vulgate. The skull symbolizes Vanitas, the transience of human life, and contempl...
Canvas
Still Life of Game with Spaniels and Falcons in a Landscape by Carstian Luyckx
Located in SANTA FE, NM
This is for instance the case with the composition Vanitas Still Life with a Skull, a Violin, a Musical Score, a Pipe and Tobacco, an Hourglass and a Candle on a Draped Table (Sold a...
Oil, Canvas
Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963) - Nature Morte au Pot
By Georges Braque
Located in Dallas, TX
Some of the still life works from this period also feature the vanitas element of a human skull. Notwithstanding technical, stylistic, and compositional changes in his still life pai...
Paint
The Empresses (Set of 5), Laminated Giclée Print by Damien Hirst, 2022
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
Compared to the tearful sadness of a vanitas scene, the diamond skull is glory itself."
Glitter, Giclée, Screen
Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963) - Nature Morte au Pot
By Georges Braque
Located in Dallas, TX
Some of the still life works from this period also feature the vanitas element of a human skull. Notwithstanding technical, stylistic, and compositional changes in his still life pai...
Paint
Contaminating the Innocent - Young Girl Swimming Surrounded by Plastic Waste
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
The floating debris creates a contemporary vanitas motif: instead of skulls and extinguished candles, the symbols of decay are plastic and petroleum byproducts—markers of environment...
Canvas, Oil
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. A large high quality 18th Century Oil on Canvas Her...
Canvas, Wood, 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 works.
Copper
Memento Mori
By Nicholas & Sheila Pye
Located in Bethesda, MD
Carefully staged and precisely crafted, this photograph features the symbolic fodder found in the vanitas painting genre, such as skulls, ivy, rotting fruit, and books.
Digital Pigment, Photographic Paper
Hamlett Skull on Stand – Memento Mori and Vanitas
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This Hamlett skull pays unique homage to the philosophy of Memento Mori, reminding us that life is fleeting and earthly glory is temporary.
Resin, 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.
Bone
Sold
H 11 in W 8 in
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.
Oil, Panel
Sold
H 10 in W 8 in
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.
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’ is mounted on a travertine base.
Ceramic
Sold
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".
Lenticular
Sold
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".
Lenticular
Sold
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.
Canvas, Oil
Sold
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
Compared to the tearful sadness of a vanitas scene, the diamond skull is glory itself".
Screen
Sold
H 28 in W 24 in
Damien Hirst, 'For The Love Of God' Skull with Diamond Dust, 2007
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
Compared to the tearful sadness of a vanitas scene, the diamond skull is glory itself".
Screen
Sold
H 22.5 in W 19.2 in D 2 in
Damien Hirst, 'For The Love Of God' Skull with Diamond Dust, 2007
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
Compared to the tearful sadness of a vanitas scene, the diamond skull is glory itself".
Screen
The Sincerity of Death and Roses
By Michael Pajon
Located in New Orleans, LA
Common Vanitas symbols include skulls, which are a reminder of the certainty of death; rotten fruit, or flowers which symbolizes decay like ageing; bubbles, which symbolize the brevi...
In Voluptate Mors, Salvador Dali's portrait, 1951
By Philippe Halsman
Located in PARIS, FR
It's a theme dear to the surrealist artist's heart, and can be seen as a modern variant on the Vanitas theme symbolized by skulls in ancient painting.
Silver Gelatin
Sold
H 6.3 in W 6.7 in D 9.06 in
19th Century, White Marble Sculpture A Depiction of Vanitas, Skull Memento Mori
Located in Roma, Lazio
19th century, a depiction of Vanitas, skull in white marble. A vanitas is a symbolic work of art showing the transience of life, the futility of pleasure, and the certainty of death,...
Marble
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 paper laid on card.
Paper
Sold
H 31.3 in W 23.82 in D 1.19 in
Mid-19th Century Vanitas Academic Life Study Male Nude Carrying A Skull
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
German Mid 19th Century. Vanitas - Academic Life Study Of A Male Nude Carrying A Skull.
Paper, Chalk
Sold
H 30.32 in W 37.01 in
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. 1635 - post 1675) Oil on canvas (58 x 72 cm - In frame 77 x 94 cm.)
Oil
Sold
H 30.71 in W 27.96 in D 2.76 in
Dutch Shool, Vanitas Scene with Cherub Leaning on a Skull, Oil on Canvas
Located in Leuven , BE
The work distinguishes itself by its naturalistic rendering of detail and a dramatic sense of chiaroscuro that reveal a deep understanding of the Italian School, 18th century. The p...
Canvas
Sold
H 7.49 in W 8.27 in D 5.52 in
Marble Baroque Style Sculpture of a Skull as Vanitas Rosso Antico Italy 19th
Located in Roma, Lazio
The skull carved in specimen and rare Rosso antico marble, is an important example of work of Vanitas artwork that become very common in the XVII century.
Marble
A Vanitas still life
By Evert Collier
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Collier’s vanitas compositions often featured skulls, extinguished candles, hourglasses, musical instruments, books, and letters—objects symbolizing the passage of time and the trans...
Oil
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.
Fruitwood
Bronze Skull Sculpture
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
The lower jaw is signed MCM NY and was possibly made by Maxilla & Mandible in New York. The skull refers to Vanitas and Memento Mori. It reminds people of there mortality.
Bronze
Bronze Cast of a Human Skull
Located in Haarlem, NL
Authentic heavy and rare raw casting in bronze of a human skull, complete with lower and higher jaws. This skull vanity (or vanitas) could be seen as a 'memento mori' to remind peop...
Bronze
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H 23.63 in W 19.69 in D 0.79 in
Copper Engraving: Jesus at the Cross with Vanitas Symbols and Passion Implement
Located in Hamburg, DE
His Sudarium (Veil of Veronica), the instruments of the Passion, a serpent reminiscent of the Old Testament, dice, and a skull as vanitas symbols are thoughtfully incorporated.
Paper
Life Cast Bronze Model/Sculpture of a Human Skull
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
New York Realistically cast and modled, in two parts with upper and lower jaws. This skull vanity (or vanitas) is a representative scientific model or a 'memento mori' , which was i...
Bronze