Skeletons in Art — Page 6

Giving Up the Ghost or One Too Many

Thomas Tegg|Thomas Rowlandson|Richard Newton, 1813?

The Skeleton Re-Animated, Title Page to "The Grave," a Poem by Robert Blair

William Blake|Rudolph Ackermann, London|Robert Blair|Luigi Schiavonetti, March 1, 1813

Witch of Endor

Ary Scheffer, 19th century

Downfall of Monopoly in 1800

Rudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson, August 14, 1800

Grotesque Borders for Rooms & Halls, Plate 15

George Murgatroyd Woodward|Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1799

(Untitled)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797–1858

The Reward of Cruelty (The Four Stages of Cruelty)

William Hogarth, February 1, 1751

Hudibras beats Sidrophel and his man Whacum (Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, Plate 8)

Philip Overton|John Cooper|William Hogarth|Samuel Butler, February 1725–26

Hudibras Beats Sidrophel and His Man Wacum (Plate 8: Illustrations to Samuel Butler's Hudibras)

William Hogarth|Henry Overton and J. Hoole|Samuel Butler, 1725–30 (?)

Christ as Judge

Gottfried Bernhard Goetz, 1708–74

Memorial Decoration for the Interior of a Building to Honor the Deceased Ernst Ludwig, 1725

Alessandro Rossini (reported active 1702-1736), 1702–36

Catafalque of Charles XI, King of Sweden, Riddarholm Church, Stockholm

Nicodemus Tessin, the Younger|Sébastien Leclerc I, 1700

The Gamesters, from the Dance of Death

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

Duke, from the Dance of Death

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

Cardinal, from the Dance of Death

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

The Pope, from the Dance of Death

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

The Child, from the Dance of Death

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

Queen, from the Dance of Death

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

Adam Ploughing from the Dance of Death

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

The Nun, from the Dance of Death

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

Death carrying an infant, from "The five deaths" (Les cinq Morts)

Stefano della Bella, ca. 1648

Death Appearing to a Wedded Couple from an Open Grave

Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn), 1639

Il Fuoco Trionfante...della Traslatione della Miracolo...La Madona Del Fuoco...li xx di Ottobre MDCXXXVI

Floriano dal Buono, 1637

Allegory of Penance and Death

Pietro Testa, 1612–50

The Eleven Ages of Women

Gerhard Altzenbach, 1609–72

Death Carrying an Infant, from 'The five deaths' (Les cinq Morts)

Stefano della Bella, ca. 1648

Christ Saving Eve

Hans Jakob Nüscheler the Elder, 1595–1654

Allegory of the Transitoriness of Life

Jacob Matham|Karel van Mander I, n.d.

The Vision of Ezekiel

Giorgio Ghisi|Giovanni Battista Bertano|Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi, 1554

The Vision of Ezekiel; a group of corpses and skeletons emerging out of tombs, above them five winged putti holding a banderole

Giorgio Ghisi|Giovanni Battista Bertano, 1554

The Academy of Baccio Bandinelli

Enea Vico|Baccio Bandinelli|Pietro Paolo Palumbo, ca. 1544

The Triumph of Death on Time, from The Triumph of Petrarch

Georg Pencz

The Monk (or Mendicant), from The Dance of Death

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

The Knight, from The Dance of Death

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

The Priest, from The Dance of Death

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

The Pope, from The Dance of Death

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

The Peasant (or Ploughman), from The Dance of Death

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

The Doctor (or Physician), from The Dance of Death

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

The Skeletons, a group of emaciated men and women gathered around a skeleton laid on the ground and a figure of Death as a winged skeleton standing above it holding an open book

Marco Dente|Baccio Bandinelli, 1515–27

Rosary

Rosary Terminal Bead with Lovers and Death's Head

Ghetidenboec

Adriaen van Liesvelt, 1494–95 or 1498 (?)

The great pantheon of love

José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, ca. 1910–15 (published)

The pantheon of all the skeletons who are eating and drinking in a cemetery (Posada); flanked by skeletons holding scythes (Manilla)

José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo|Manuel Manilla, 1905

A female saint standing with a cavalier and surrounded by angels and skeletons

José Guadalupe Posada, ca 1890–1910

[The Wilderness Battlefield]

Unknown, 1864

The Antiquary's Last Will and Testament (The English Dance of Death, plate 2)

Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London, April 1, 1814

The Two Kings of Terror

Thomas Rowlandson|Napoléon Bonaparte|Rudolph Ackermann, London, November 1813