Skulls & Memento Mori — Page 4

Design for a Lady's Tomb

Anonymous, French, 16th century|Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau, 16th century

Pendant of a rosary

Mirror

明早期 象牙天杖首|Finial for a Buddhist staff (khatvanga)

The new skeleton of the servant class or for tomcats and maids

Antonio Vanegas Arroyo|José Guadalupe Posada, 1902

Game of the Goose, with the rules printed in the center

José Guadalupe Posada, ca. 1900–1910

Broadsheet, on recto artist and artisans in hell with objects relating to their profession entitled 'The artistic purgatory, where the calaveras of artists and craftsmen lie', on verso skulls relating to different professions

Antonio Vanegas Arroyo|José Guadalupe Posada, ca. 1895–1900

A skeleton covered with a sheet crying in a cemetery, from a broadside entitled ' Calavera llorando el hueso'

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

[Study for Mary Magdalene]

Unknown, 1870s

[The Wilderness Battlefield, near Spotsylvania, Virginia]

Unknown, 1865 (?)

[The Wilderness Battlefield, near Spotsylvania, Virginia]

Unknown, 1865 (?)

[The Wilderness Battlefield]

Unknown, 1864

Hamlet and Horatio before the Gravediggers

Eugène Delacroix|Villain|William Shakespeare, 1843

Death

Alphonse Edouard Enguérand Aufray de Roc'Bhian, 19th century

The Privy Council of a King

Thomas Rowlandson|Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, March 28, 1815

(Untitled)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797–1858

Christ crucified on the cross, a skull at the base, buildings in the background, after Reni

Guido Reni|Giovanni Volpato|Teodoro Matteini, ca. 1770–1803

The Reward of Cruelty (The Four Stages of Cruelty)

William Hogarth, February 1, 1751

A scene of necromancy: a woman bearing a vessel, a turbaned man, and a soldier look toward a pedestal upon which a skull and limb bone are burning, a bearded male figure's face is visible behind the group, from the series 'Turns of fantasy' (Scherzi di fantasia)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1743–57

Allegory on Melancholy, with a woman kneeling towards the left holding a skull

Domenico Fetti|Henri Simon Thomassin, 1729–40

Saint Paul of Thebes tempted by a demon, after Magnasco

Bartolommeo Gazalis|Alessandro Magnasco, ca. 1720–30

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

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

Design for a Frieze: Garland and Animal Skull

Giovanni Larciani ("Master of the Kress Landscapes"), 18th century

Yamantaka, Destroyer of the God of Death

The Castellan Tomb in Saint Germain-des-Prés

Jean Chafourier, 1724 (before)

St. Jerome Praying in His Cell (Saint Jérôme pénitent)

Claude Mellan, 1665

Allegory of the Transience of Life

Conrad Meyer, 1651

Eight vases, a clepsydra in center decorated with two skulls with laurel wreaths, plate 6 from 'Collection of Various Vases' (Raccolta di Vasi Diversi)

Stefano della Bella|François Langlois, ca. 1650–56

Saint Francis in Ecstasy

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto), ca. 1650

A cartouche with a sundial, a skull with feathers on its head at top, from 'Eight Emblems for the Funeral of Francesco de Medici' (Huit emblèmes pour les funérailles du prince François de Médicis)

Stefano della Bella, ca. 1640–60

A cartouche with an eagle and a snake, a skull and crossbones at top, wings to either side, from 'Eight Emblems for the Funeral of Francesco de Medici' (Huit emblèmes pour les funérailles du prince François de Médicis)

Stefano della Bella, ca. 1640–60

A cartouche with a censer, a skull and crossbones and a grotesque face at top, from 'Eight Emblems for the Funeral of Francesco de Medici' (Huit emblèmes pour les funérailles du prince François de Médicis)

Stefano della Bella, ca. 1640–60

Plate 6: a cartouche with a ram skull at top center, grapes and other fruits to either side, from 'Twelve cartouches' (Recueil de douze cartouches)

François Langlois|Stefano della Bella|François Collignon, ca. 1640–45

Penitent Magdalen kneeling on a rocky ground before a skull and bones, an ointment jar lies in the left foreground, rays of light and winged putti descend from above

Giulio Carpioni, ca. 1640–55

The infant Christ asleep on a cross, his head resting on a skull, a crown of thorns and nails in the foreground, after Reni

Anonymous, Italian, 17th century|Guido Reni, 17th century

Saint Anthony of Padua

Vertical Panel with Design for a Mirror

Abraham de Bruyn, 1580–1600

St. Jerome

Lucas van Leyden, 1521

St. Jerome in his Study

Lucas van Leyden, 1521

Pendant with the Crucifixion and Attendant Figures

Tomb Design with Reclining Figure on Sarcophagus

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century, 16th century

Rosary

The Crucifixion, from The Passion (reverse copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

[The Wilderness Battlefield]

Unknown, 1864

Hamlet Contemplating Yorick’s Skull

Eugène Delacroix, 1828

Plate 7: 'Ancient altar on which sacrifices were performed in antiquity, surrounded by other ruins' (Ara antica sopra la quale si facevano anticamente i sagrifizi, con altre ruine all' intorno), from the series 'Part one of architecture and perspectives: drawn and etched by Gio. Batt'a Piranesi, Venetian Architect: dedicated to Nicola Giobbe' (Prima parte di Architetture, e prospettive inventate, ed incise da Gio. Batt'a Piranesi Architetto Veneziano dedicate al Sig. Nicola Giobbe)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1743

A magician, a soldier and three figures watching a burning skull from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1743–50

Allegory on Melancholy, with a woman kneeling towards the left holding a skull

Domenico Fetti|Henri Simon Thomassin, 1729–40