222 results for "memento mori art"

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 lock of hair. Dating from the late 17th to early 18th century, the piece is likely of German origin. Beautifully modelled and painted in naturalistic tones, the skull is rendered in warm earthy hues, contrasting with the dark green serpents that coil through and around the cranium. The rocky base is finished in rich brown tones, enhancing the sculpture's dramatic presence and symbolic depth. Memento mori, Latin for “remember that you must die,” was a powerful artistic and philosophical motif throughout Europe, serving as a reminder of the transience of earthly life and the certainty of mortality. Here, the skull embodies death, decay, and the fleeting nature of human existence, while the entwined serpents symbolise transformation, renewal, healing, and the eternal cycle of life. Together they create a compelling allegory of mortality and rebirth, where death itself becomes a gateway to regeneration. A striking and unusual example of early European memento mori art...

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

"Memento Mori " Oil on canvas Unframed 25 x 16,5 cm Framed 50,5 x 42,5 cm The frame Handmade from wood and plaster, water gilded with genuine gold leaf over rouge burnishing bole and patinated. Exhibited in the “Memento Mori” art show in Manhattan, New York with Sugar Lift in the beginning of 2021 The symbolism: Memento Mori (Latin for 'remember that you have to die) is an artistic or symbolic reminder of the inevitability of death. The concept has its roots in the philosophers of classical antiquity, and it was reflected in the artistic genre of Vanitas, where symbolic objects such as hourglasses and wilting flowers signified the impermanence of human life. Memento Mori The Painting’s Qualities Lyubena Fox...

This painting, titled Memento Mori is an ode to vintage skull portraits. Framed in vintage gold frame, wired and ready to hang, 10.5 in. wide x 12 in. high

Kiva Ford Memento Mori, 2015 Borosilicate glass 13.50h x 7.50w x 7.50d in

This wonderful 17th-century French School vanitas painting is a meditation on mortality and the transience of earthly pleasures. The composition centers on a finely rendered human sk...

This striking still life work juxtaposes macabre subject matter with delicate brushwork. A crow - an archetypal symbol of death - picks at the lifeless body of a rabbit, while a vase...

A truly exceptional pair of Memento Mori 'remember you must die' painted on board, these date to the 16th century and were originally housed in an North Italian Monastery, this incre...

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...

Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso Other sizes available upon request COA provided In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of ...

Artist's statement: In my series Critical Masses, I explore the relationship between our species and various small marine creatures to illustrate in symbolic form various narrative...

An early eighteenth-century, Italian baroque figural oil showing a group of cherubs or Amorini grouped together before red velvet drapes, one reclining on a wooden cross and wearing ...

Memento Mori 2019 Edition 1/10 plus 2 Artist Proof, 20x25cm. Digital Print based on a Polaroid photograph on Hahnemühle photo rag paper. Signature label and certificate. Not mounte...

Pair of Original Memento Mori Charcoal Skull Drawings, France, circa 19th Century. They measure 11.5"H x 13"W, and 10.5"H x 14.25"W framed. They were purchased in France and are beli...

Oracle 2016 Oil on Panel 9" x 12" unframed 16 1/2" x 19 1/4" framed Taxidermy monkey head sits atop a brick wrapped in plastic. Many of the artist's ...

Memento Mori is a modern artwork realized by Franz Biedermann (attr.) in 1902. Large-format drawing depicting a skull lying on an open book, in front of a large crucifix...

Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso Other sizes available upon request COA provided In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of ...

Aesthetic Flower Orchid Photography - Memento Mori - By Evangelos Koukouwitakis Memento mori is a Latin saying that starts with Remember that you a...

This marble bust unites worldly refinement and death in a single figure. The carefully carved costume and jewelry suggest social status and personal identity, while the skull replace...

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 ...

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...

A fine 19th-century Victorian mourning portrait executed in oil. The female sitter, captured in a three-quarter-length pose, wears a plain dark dress and white bonnet, with mourning ...

Mixed technique, acrylic, tempera, ink & dry pastel

Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso Other sizes available upon request COA provided In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of ...

Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso Other sizes available upon request COA provided In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of ...

Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso COA provided In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of different objects with my porcelain...

19th century, hand painted pine panel bearing a passage by Isaac Watts “Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away, They fly forgotten, as a dream Dies at the openi...

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...

Masterfully carved Italian Vanitas / Memento Mori bust in solid marble from late 19th century. White Carrara marble skull combined with masterfully...

Ensō: Memento Mori Red (2016) by Takashi Murakami Offset lithograph Numbered and signed by the artist Sheet 67 X 67 cm Framed Edition 30/300 Takashi Murakami is best known for his...

Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso Other sizes available upon request COA provided In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of ...

Emerald Skull Signet Ring 14k Gold Plated Silver Memento Mori Style Designer: J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece " Secret Doors" Memento mori ring featuring a skull motif with e...

An exceptional and rare Gothic-Renaissance memento mori, sculpted in marble and surmounted by an original iron cross, originating from Austria, 16th century. Carved from solid marble...

FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING ART NOUVEAU CIRCA 1890 From our Bronze Sculpture collection, we’re pleased to offer this patinated bronze figure of a vulture and skull by Bohuslav Schnirch...

Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso Other sizes available upon request COA provided In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of ...

Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso Other sizes available upon request COA provided In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of ...

Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso Other sizes available upon request COA provided In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of ...

Limited Edition: 5 of 25 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso COA provided In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of different objects wit...

Edition: 25 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso Other sizes available upon request COA provided In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of ...

Masterfully carved Italian Vanitas bust in solid marble from late 19th century. White Carrara marble skull combined with a red Rosso Imperiale marble Ro...

Signet Ring Crest Skull Crest White Diamond Memento Mori Style - J Dauphin A sculpted skull signet ring in gold-plated silver, set with natural whit...

Miniature depicting a Vanitas Memento Mori, painted in tempera on paper. The frame, made of ebonized fruitwood and finished with black wax, is oval in shape, with an internal oval bo...

Egon-Josef Kossuth (Opava, Duchy of Troppau, Silesia, 1874 – Hartford, Connecticut, 1949) “Reiter oder König” [Knight or King] Circa 1900 Oil on canvas laid down on cardboard 36 ×...

A fantastically decorative pen and ink calligraphy composition celebrating the life of a Maria Arthur Manchip who dies 1899. On paper, in a gl...

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...

19th century Italian Memento Mori walnut carving showing two naked reclining young men, one with his hand resting on a human skull on a post. The figure on the reverse also rested hi...

Limited Edition: 7 of 25 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso COA provided In Sherman's photographs she is experimenting with groupings of different objects wit...

Aesthetic Flower Photography - "Memento Mori 2" - By Evangelos Koukouwitakis Memento mori is a Latin saying that starts with Remember that you are dying! or in general with a memory...

Miniature depicting a Memento Mori painted in gouache on paper, grisaille technique. The frame, in ebonized fruitwood and finished with wax, black in color, is oval in shape with an ...

A Memento Mori in wood with Chrismon, monogram of Christ. Valuable sculpture in fruit wood in almost true-to-life measurements, sculpted with art and finished with a wealth of detail...

A fine vintage Memento Mori stick pin. With a figural bronze skull with glass eyes mounted on a gold filled pin shaft. The skull has a textured surface & detailed teeth and is mounted on a long pin stem. One glass eye retains most of its facets, and it sparkles and reflects light. The second eye is fractured, retains only about half its original volume, and has a deadened look because it reflects comparatively little light. Simply a wonderful antique Momento Mori...

Oil & Enamel Painted Silkscreen on Recycled Floppy Discs. Mounted on Custom built Panel. Featuring a skull motif. About the artist: Taylor Smith is...

Archival Pigment Print Year: 2015 Signed, dated and numbered in ink on label affixed verso Other sizes available upon request COA provided arita, aritaware, bones, ceramic Sculpture, ceramics, china paint, chinapaint, chris anteman, contemporary ceramics, contemporary porcelain, death, decal, deer, ephemerality, etagere, excess, futility of pleasure, georg flegel, glaze, gold luster, Herend, ilona romule, imari, imariware, jingdezhen, limoges, meissen porcelain, memento mori, Mortality salience, old masters, pattern, photography, porcelain, sevres, Sic transit gloria mundi, skull, still life painting, Ubi sunt, underglaze, vanitas, vanitatum, vera mercer...

A almost life size depiction of a human skeleton holding a length of chain, with a banner at the base. We believe the piece to be Italian from the language used within the banner, ...

Brand: Sword Limited Gender: Unisex Metal Type: 18K White Gold & Titanium Length: 6.00 inches  Width: 10.35 mm Weight: 25.75 Grams 18K white gold and titanium diamond bracelet...

Memento Mori desk 01 by Boldizar Senteski Dimensions: 180 W x 45 D x H 72 cm Materials: Raw steel, Oxidized mirror. Growing up in Budapest, Boldizar Senteski was influenced by t...

Mourning Jewellery has a long & fascinating history, going back to as far as Middle Ages, nowadays these pieces are exceptionally rare, unrivalled in value & highly collectable This enchanting Georgian Memento Mori Ring...

This Memento Mori Style Thorns ring is in 18 karat white gold, can be ordered in black gold. Can work as a mourning ring. The item was featured in Harper's ...

Memento mori is a Latin saying that starts with Remember that you are dying! or in general with a memory of death! translates. The saying is considered a vanitas symbol. Vanitas desc...

Signed on palette, lower right, 'John Diallo Jones' (American, 20th century) and dated 1992. A dramatic figural oil showing the artist flanked by two whispering skeletons, one of wh...