Skeletons in Art — Page 4

331 artworks

Anatomical drawing by Anonymous, French, 18th century

Anatomical drawing

Anonymous, French, 18th century, 18th century

Old woman, from the Dance of Death by Hans Holbein the Younger|Wenceslaus Hollar

Old woman, from the Dance of Death

Hans Holbein the Younger|Wenceslaus Hollar, [1651] late 18th century printing

Old man, from the Dance of Death by Hans Holbein the Younger|Wenceslaus Hollar

Old man, from the Dance of Death

Hans Holbein the Younger|Wenceslaus Hollar, [1651] late 18th century printing

Preacher, from the Dance of Death by Wenceslaus Hollar|Hans Holbein the Younger

Preacher, from the Dance of Death

Wenceslaus Hollar|Hans Holbein the Younger, [1651] late 18th century printing

The Advocate and Death, from the Dance of Death by Wenceslaus Hollar|Hans Holbein the Younger

The Advocate and Death, from the Dance of Death

Wenceslaus Hollar|Hans Holbein the Younger, [1651] late 18th century printing

Abbot, from the Dance of Death by Wenceslaus Hollar|Hans Holbein the Younger

Abbot, from the Dance of Death

Wenceslaus Hollar|Hans Holbein the Younger, [1651] late 18th century printing

Bridal pair, from the Dance of Death by Hans Holbein the Younger|Wenceslaus Hollar

Bridal pair, from the Dance of Death

Hans Holbein the Younger|Wenceslaus Hollar, [1651] late 18th century printing

Empress, from the Dance of Death by Wenceslaus Hollar|Hans Holbein the Younger

Empress, from the Dance of Death

Wenceslaus Hollar|Hans Holbein the Younger, [1651] late 18th century printing

Cartouche with Skeletons by Stefano della Bella

Cartouche with Skeletons

Stefano della Bella, 1647

Plate 10: a cartouche formed by drapery and topped with two skeletons atop an Ionic entablature, from 'Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches' by Stefano della Bella|Pierre Mariette le fils

Plate 10: a cartouche formed by drapery and topped with two skeletons atop an Ionic entablature, from 'Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches'

Stefano della Bella|Pierre Mariette le fils, ca. 1647

Plate 10: a cartouche formed by drapery and topped with two skeletons atop an Ionic entablature, from 'Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches' by Stefano della Bella

Plate 10: a cartouche formed by drapery and topped with two skeletons atop an Ionic entablature, from 'Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches'

Stefano della Bella, ca. 1647

Death carrying off a woman, from 'The five deaths' (Les cinq Morts) by Stefano della Bella

Death carrying off a woman, from 'The five deaths' (Les cinq Morts)

Stefano della Bella, ca. 1648

Death walking towards the right and carrying an infant upside down, another figure of Death to right in the middleground, the mass grave of Saints-Innocents in Paris in the background, from 'The five deaths' (Les cinq Morts) by Stefano della Bella

Death walking towards the right and carrying an infant upside down, another figure of Death to right in the middleground, the mass grave of Saints-Innocents in Paris in the background, from 'The five deaths' (Les cinq Morts)

Stefano della Bella

Tomb Monument with Skeletons by Anonymous, Italian, 17th century

Tomb Monument with Skeletons

Anonymous, Italian, 17th century, 17th century

An Angel Trampling a Skeleton, from Grotisch fur alle Kunstler by Theodor de Bry

An Angel Trampling a Skeleton, from Grotisch fur alle Kunstler

Theodor de Bry, 1580–1600

Allegory of the Triumph of Death over Church and State by Girolamo da Treviso

Allegory of the Triumph of Death over Church and State

Girolamo da Treviso, ca. 1538–44

The Clergyman, from The Dance of Death by Hans Holbein the Younger|Hans Lützelburger

The Clergyman, from The Dance of Death

Hans Holbein the Younger|Hans Lützelburger, ca. 1526, published 1538

The Empress, from The Dance of Death by Hans Holbein the Younger|Hans Lützelburger

The Empress, from The Dance of Death

Hans Holbein the Younger|Hans Lützelburger, ca. 1526, published 1538

The Cardinal, from The Dance of Death by Hans Holbein the Younger|Hans Lützelburger

The Cardinal, from The Dance of Death

Hans Holbein the Younger|Hans Lützelburger, ca. 1526, published 1538

The Count, from The Dance of Death by Hans Holbein the Younger|Hans Lützelburger

The Count, from The Dance of Death

Hans Holbein the Younger|Hans Lützelburger, ca. 1526, published 1538

The Abbess, from The Dance of Death by Hans Holbein the Younger|Hans Lützelburger

The Abbess, from The Dance of Death

Hans Holbein the Younger|Hans Lützelburger, ca. 1526, published 1538

The Merchant, from The Dance of Death by Hans Holbein the Younger|Hans Lützelburger

The Merchant, from The Dance of Death

Hans Holbein the Younger|Hans Lützelburger, ca. 1526, published 1538

The Judge, from The Dance of Death by Hans Holbein the Younger|Hans Lützelburger

The Judge, from The Dance of Death

Hans Holbein the Younger|Hans Lützelburger, ca. 1526, published 1538

Illustration from Sebastian Brandt: Navis Stultifera, Strassburg 1497 by Albrecht Dürer

Illustration from Sebastian Brandt: Navis Stultifera, Strassburg 1497

Albrecht Dürer, 19th century

Onyx ring stone

Onyx ring stone

Broadsheet relating to commerical/business skeletons (Calavera Comercial) and charlatanism, many skeletons gather around a candle vendor by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo|J. Cortés

Broadsheet relating to commerical/business skeletons (Calavera Comercial) and charlatanism, many skeletons gather around a candle vendor

Antonio Vanegas Arroyo|J. Cortés, 1908

The grand electric skeleton, a large skeleton is hypnotizing a group of skulls and a sitting skeleton, an electric street car in the background by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo|José Guadalupe Posada

The grand electric skeleton, a large skeleton is hypnotizing a group of skulls and a sitting skeleton, an electric street car in the background

Antonio Vanegas Arroyo|José Guadalupe Posada, 1907

News story about the sighting of a skeleton inside a holy temple, a man lying on the floor while a skeleton returns to a chamber and a cloaked figure exits to the right by José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

News story about the sighting of a skeleton inside a holy temple, a man lying on the floor while a skeleton returns to a chamber and a cloaked figure exits to the right

José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, 1903

A Skeleton in the Closet / A Heavy Ring, from the Jokes series (N118) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco by American Tobacco Company|George S. Harris & Sons|W. Duke, Sons & Co.

A Skeleton in the Closet / A Heavy Ring, from the Jokes series (N118) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco

American Tobacco Company|George S. Harris & Sons|W. Duke, Sons & Co., ca. 1891

Six of Clubs, Bones, from Harlequin Cards, 2nd Series (N220) issued by Kinney Bros. by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Six of Clubs, Bones, from Harlequin Cards, 2nd Series (N220) issued by Kinney Bros.

Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company, 1889

A skeleton wearing a cape speaking to a frightened man with a cane and backpack, illustration for 'El Doctor Improvisado (The Impromptu Doctor)' edited by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo by José Guadalupe Posada|José Sanchez

A skeleton wearing a cape speaking to a frightened man with a cane and backpack, illustration for 'El Doctor Improvisado (The Impromptu Doctor)' edited by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

José Guadalupe Posada|José Sanchez, ca. 1890–1899

Male and female skeleton talking (vignette for the feast of the dead) by Jean Charlot|José Guadalupe Posada

Male and female skeleton talking (vignette for the feast of the dead)

Jean Charlot|José Guadalupe Posada, ca. 1890–1910

Elegantly dressed male and female skeletons arm in arm (vignette for the feast of the dead) by José Guadalupe Posada

Elegantly dressed male and female skeletons arm in arm (vignette for the feast of the dead)

José Guadalupe Posada, ca. 1890–1910

A male skeleton on his knees before a female skeleton (vignette for the feast of the dead) by José Guadalupe Posada

A male skeleton on his knees before a female skeleton (vignette for the feast of the dead)

José Guadalupe Posada, ca. 1890–1910

A skeleton frightening a man holding newspapers by José Sanchez|José Guadalupe Posada

A skeleton frightening a man holding newspapers

José Sanchez|José Guadalupe Posada, ca. 1880–1910

Amor, Tod und Jenseits, from the series Intermezzi by Max Klinger

Amor, Tod und Jenseits, from the series Intermezzi

Max Klinger, n.d.

December 31st, Table of contents, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, December 31, 1868 by Arnaud de Vresse|Destouches|Honoré Daumier

December 31st, Table of contents, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, December 31, 1868

Arnaud de Vresse|Destouches|Honoré Daumier, December 31, 1868

Madame is moving, from 'News of the day' by Destouches|Honoré Daumier|Arnaud de Vresse

Madame is moving, from 'News of the day'

Destouches|Honoré Daumier|Arnaud de Vresse, September 2, 1867

Broadside with 48 scenes illustrating the story of Urganda the Unknowable by Juan Llorens

Broadside with 48 scenes illustrating the story of Urganda the Unknowable

Juan Llorens, 1866

Death and the Doctor by Honoré Daumier

Death and the Doctor

Honoré Daumier, probably 1860–79

Journey for Eternity, No. 7 by Langlumé|J. J. Grandville

Journey for Eternity, No. 7

Langlumé|J. J. Grandville, ca. 1839

Journey for Eternity, No. 4 by J. J. Grandville|Langlumé

Journey for Eternity, No. 4

J. J. Grandville|Langlumé, ca. 1839

The Dissecting Room by T. C. Wilson|Thomas Rowlandson

The Dissecting Room

T. C. Wilson|Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1838

Death and the Miser by Thomas Rowlandson

Death and the Miser

Thomas Rowlandson, December 20, 1801

怪談百鬼図会|Once Upon a Time (A Book of Ghost Stories) (Imawa mukashi) 怪談百鬼図会 by Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英|Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

怪談百鬼図会|Once Upon a Time (A Book of Ghost Stories) (Imawa mukashi) 怪談百鬼図会

Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英|Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, 1790

The Doctor Dismissing Death by Peter Simon|Thomas Rowlandson|Francis Jukes|John Raphael Smith

The Doctor Dismissing Death

Peter Simon|Thomas Rowlandson|Francis Jukes|John Raphael Smith, September 15, 1785

Nouveau Recueil d'Ostéologie et de Myologie by Jacques Gamelin|Desclassan

Nouveau Recueil d'Ostéologie et de Myologie

Jacques Gamelin|Desclassan, 1779

Richard II (from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare") by John Hamilton Mortimer|William Shakespeare

Richard II (from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare")

John Hamilton Mortimer|William Shakespeare, May 20, 1775

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