Skeletons in Art — Page 7

331 artworks

Satan, Sin, and Death: "Death and Sin met by Satan on his Return from Earth" by James Barry|John Milton

Satan, Sin, and Death: "Death and Sin met by Satan on his Return from Earth"

James Barry|John Milton, 1792–95

Satan, Sin and Death (Paradise Lost, Book the 2nd) by Thomas Rowlandson|William Hogarth|Robert Wilkinson|Richard Livesay|John Milton

Satan, Sin and Death (Paradise Lost, Book the 2nd)

Thomas Rowlandson|William Hogarth|Robert Wilkinson|Richard Livesay|John Milton, after 1790

The Chamber of Taste by Samuel Collings|Thomas Rowlandson|Elizabeth Jackson

The Chamber of Taste

Samuel Collings|Thomas Rowlandson|Elizabeth Jackson, ca. 1785

A Rider Falls into Water by Henry William Bunbury

A Rider Falls into Water

Henry William Bunbury, 1780–1820

Plate for the ‘Atlas Anatomico’ (unpublished) by Crisóstomo Alejandrino José Martínez y Sorli

Plate for the ‘Atlas Anatomico’ (unpublished)

Crisóstomo Alejandrino José Martínez y Sorli, Plate ca. 1680–94; printed 1740

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

Bishop, from the Dance of Death

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

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

The Knight, from the Dance of Death

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

The Count from the Dance of Death by Wenceslaus Hollar

The Count from the Dance of Death

Wenceslaus Hollar, [1651] late 18th century printing

Allegory on the Death of the Earl of Arundel by Cornelis Schut|Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel|Wenceslaus Hollar

Allegory on the Death of the Earl of Arundel

Cornelis Schut|Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel|Wenceslaus Hollar, ca. 1646

Plate 1: Figures gathered before a curtained wall, decorated with three armorials with the coat of arms and symbols celebrating Archduke Albert, four skeletons on pedestals at center, gothic facade in background; from 'Pompa Funebris ... Alberti Pii' by Jacques Francquart|Cornelis Galle I

Plate 1: Figures gathered before a curtained wall, decorated with three armorials with the coat of arms and symbols celebrating Archduke Albert, four skeletons on pedestals at center, gothic facade in background; from 'Pompa Funebris ... Alberti Pii'

Jacques Francquart|Cornelis Galle I, 1623

Old Couple and Death with Bagpipes by Werner van den Valckert

Old Couple and Death with Bagpipes

Werner van den Valckert, 1612

Allegorical Scene (Temptations of a Wealthy Man?) by Master of the Stockholm Wolf Huber Copies

Allegorical Scene (Temptations of a Wealthy Man?)

Master of the Stockholm Wolf Huber Copies, first half 17th century

An Academy of Painters by Pierfrancesco Alberti

An Academy of Painters

Pierfrancesco Alberti, 1600–38

The Expulsion and Adam and Eve after the Fall (one of a set of three)

The Expulsion and Adam and Eve after the Fall (one of a set of three)

Design for Knife Handles with the Temptation of Adam and Eve and a Memento Mori Scene by Johann Theodor de Bry

Design for Knife Handles with the Temptation of Adam and Eve and a Memento Mori Scene

Johann Theodor de Bry, 1580–1600

Adam and Eve by Sebald Beham|Barthel Beham

Adam and Eve

Sebald Beham|Barthel Beham, 1543

The Triumph of Eternity on Death, from The Triumph of Petrarch by Georg Pencz

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

Georg Pencz

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

Expulsion from Paradise, from The Dance of Death

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

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

The Nun, from The Dance of Death

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

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

Adam Ploughing, from The Dance of Death

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

Lord and lady walking with figure of death hiding behind a tree, holding an hourglass, The Promenade after Dürer by Marcantonio Raimondi|Albrecht Dürer

Lord and lady walking with figure of death hiding behind a tree, holding an hourglass, The Promenade after Dürer

Marcantonio Raimondi|Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1500–34

The Antiquary's Last Will and Testament (from The English Dance of Death, vol. I, plate 2) by Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London

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

Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1816

The Corsican and His Bloodhounds at the Window of the Thuilleries Looking Over Paris by Napoléon Bonaparte|Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London

The Corsican and His Bloodhounds at the Window of the Thuilleries Looking Over Paris

Napoléon Bonaparte|Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London, April 16, 1815

The Sot (The English Dance of Death, plate 12) by Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London

The Sot (The English Dance of Death, plate 12)

Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London, July 1814

The Honey Moon (The English Dance of Death, plate 13) by Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London

The Honey Moon (The English Dance of Death, plate 13)

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

A Speedy & Effectual Preparation for the Next World by Matthew Darly

A Speedy & Effectual Preparation for the Next World

Matthew Darly, May 1, 1777

The Virgin and Child Intervening for Victims of the Plague (recto); Seated Female Figure (verso) by Geronimo Cenatiempo (Girolamo Cenatempo)

The Virgin and Child Intervening for Victims of the Plague (recto); Seated Female Figure (verso)

Geronimo Cenatiempo (Girolamo Cenatempo), 1705–41

Louis XIV Visiting the Royal Academy of Sciences by Sébastien Leclerc I

Louis XIV Visiting the Royal Academy of Sciences

Sébastien Leclerc I, 1671

Royal Portugese Funeral Monument (possibly part of a funeral book) by Michel Bouteux

Royal Portugese Funeral Monument (possibly part of a funeral book)

Michel Bouteux, late 17th–early 18th century

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

Paradise Lost, from the Dance of Death

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

Death and Card Players by Jan Lievens

Death and Card Players

Jan Lievens, 1620–74

The Death of the Rich Man by Abraham Bosse|Nicolas de Poilly

The Death of the Rich Man

Abraham Bosse|Nicolas de Poilly, mid-17th century

Triumph of Death with three fates in an architectural frame above a wheel of fortune flanked by skeletons; a skull and an hour glass at top and with wheel intended to spin at center by Andrea Andreani|Giovanni Fortuna

Triumph of Death with three fates in an architectural frame above a wheel of fortune flanked by skeletons; a skull and an hour glass at top and with wheel intended to spin at center

Andrea Andreani|Giovanni Fortuna, 1588

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

The King, 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 by Marco Dente|Baccio Bandinelli|Antonio Salamanca

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|Antonio Salamanca, 1515–27

The Corsican and His Bloodhounds at the Window of the Thuilleries Looking Over Paris by Napoléon Bonaparte|Rudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson

The Corsican and His Bloodhounds at the Window of the Thuilleries Looking Over Paris

Napoléon Bonaparte|Rudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson, April 16, 1815

A Friendly Visit by Thomas Tegg|Napoléon Bonaparte|Joseph Bonaparte|Thomas Rowlandson

A Friendly Visit

Thomas Tegg|Napoléon Bonaparte|Joseph Bonaparte|Thomas Rowlandson, April 16, 1814

Nap and His Friends in their Glory by Napoléon Bonaparte|Rudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson

Nap and His Friends in their Glory

Napoléon Bonaparte|Rudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson, October 1, 1813

Rosary bead

Rosary bead

Nap and His Friends in their Glory by Joseph Bonaparte|Rudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson|Napoléon Bonaparte

Nap and His Friends in their Glory

Joseph Bonaparte|Rudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson|Napoléon Bonaparte, October 1, 1808

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

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

William Hogarth|Samuel Butler, 1725–68

Lo Stregozzo: a female witch riding on an animal skeleton, preceded by two men and a boy on a goat blowing on a horn, another naked man behind carrying two bones by Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi)

Lo Stregozzo: a female witch riding on an animal skeleton, preceded by two men and a boy on a goat blowing on a horn, another naked man behind carrying two bones

Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi), ca. 1515–25

The Prayer Book of Bonne of Luxembourg, Duchess of Normandy by Jean Le Noir

The Prayer Book of Bonne of Luxembourg, Duchess of Normandy

Jean Le Noir, before 1349

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