17th Century Memento Mori Paintings

Vanitas or Memento Mori skull. Carved bone. 17th century. Small human skull made of bone carved in its color with a clear naturalistic intention (visible in details such as the nose...

Memento Mori for Wunderkammer, depicting a skull and a tulip, oil paintings on hard stone. A large specimen of oval-shaped natural agate, with a black wooden frame, is mounted on a b...

Roman private collection. This early 17th-century Italian painting, of remarkable pictorial quality, is an oil on canvas depicting Saint Jerome.

Memento Mori. A rare glazed terracotta tile with a blue painting on a white background, depicting a skeleton sitting on a rock with a scythe in his hand and an hourglass at his side....

Oil painting on canvas. Northern Italy school. The Saint, recognizable by her long blond hair and bare robes, in the desert, scourges herself with a chain, while contemplating the Cr...

Oil painting on canvas. French school of the seventeenth century. The scene is set in front of an open arch in a stone structure, which gives access to uninhabited and bare rooms. Tw...

This evocative early 18th-century oil painting depicts Christ in the tomb partially wrapped in a white linen shroud.

The rich combination of textures and tones contrasts with the plain dark background, it draws upon the Netherlandish tradition of still-life, which came to a climax in the 17th centu...

Oil on Canvas. The saint, in the foreground, is depicted kneeling, adoring the Crucifix, which he holds with one hand, while the 'other points to the skull at the bottom, the traditi...

Oil on Canvas. Lombard school of the seventeenth century. According to classical iconography, the penitent Magdalene is depicted with tears in her eyes, her hair down, unkempt, hold...

Oil on Canvas. Italian school of the seventeenth century. According to iconographic tradition, Magdalene is depicted discreet in her clothes, with her long hair loose, while contempl...

Oil on canvas, applied to wooden plate. The saint is depicted in the foreground, half-length: the naked torso of the body is partially covered by a fur falling from the shoulders, ov...

Over the course of more than a decade spent in Rome, along with his painting practice in France and presumably the Netherlands, Wright amassed a breadth of experience that surpassed ...

This magnificent grand-scale work, offered by Titan Fine Art, formed part of a collection of family pictures and heirlooms of the Rivers Baronets and their descendants for over 325 y...

Objects like coins, seashells, and bushels of fruit can be found in the borders of these books. Flower paintings proved popular with Northern Renaissance still life artists in the e...

This male sculpture refers to the tradition of Vanitas or Memento Mori, theme related to the caducity of human existence faced in different epochs in the history of art both in paint...

This early 17th-century engraving by Johannes Valdor (c. 1570-1640) is after another engraving by Hieronymus Wierix (1553-1619).

A large green ground Venetian funerary board, this would of hugged the top hull of a gondola hence the boards convex construction. And obviously this would of been used for funeral p...

It’s reminiscent of works by Sebastian Stoskopff (1597-1657), so perhaps Wildhack was an admirer. The concept of memento mori has its roots in antiquity but rose to prominence during...

This stunning Dutch Golden Age floral still life oil painting is by an unknown artist in the circle of Old Master artist Simon Pietersz Verelst. This work based on a work by Verelst...

Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the Baroque, where mortality is captured permanently in an arrangement of ...

This remarkable early 17th-century three-quarter length English School portrait depicts Alderman Edward Hill of The Charterhouse, Coventry, holding a pair of leather gloves. The orig...

Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the Baroque, where mortality is captured permanently in an arrangement of ...

This stunning Old Master 17th century Italian Baroque School religious portrait oil painting is of Mary Magdalene.

In some respects, this type of painting served the same aim as a ‘memento mori’ from the 17th century.

This message, which reminds everyone that he will one day exchange the earthly for the heavenly, is typical of a memento mori painting. The skull immediately confronts us with death ...

Attributed to Evert Collier (1642-1708) A vanitas still life Oil on canvas Canvas Size 30 x 25 in Framed Size 29 x 34 in Evert Collier (also spelled Edward Collier) was a Dutch stil...

It would appeal to collectors of academic art, figure studies, and 19th-century drawings, as well as those interested in memento mori or symbolic themes of life and death

In this tradition, Cruickshanks' painting is a memento mori that is immediately appealing to today's viewer - a meditative image of life and death that also contains an affirmation o...

This male sculpture refers to the tradition of Vanitas or Memento Mori, theme related to the caducity of human existence faced in different epochs in the history of art both in paint...

17th Century Religious Antique Oil Painting of St Francis holding a Momento Mori Skull. 17th Century Oil on Copper Painting of Saint Francis holding Skull, Crucifix & Whip.

Antique Vanitas Oil Painting, Antique Memento Mori Oil Painting, Antique Skull Oil Painting, Gothic Antique Painting, 19th Century Vanitas Still Life Oil Painting.

A large and wonderfully painted oil on canvas portrait of an elderly man in the 17th century tradition of realism and drama using the "chiarroscuro" technique (contrast between light...

Publications: How to paint in oils, Winsor & Newton, 2008 Literature: A small sub-genre of still life painting, pictures of shells became very popular in the 17th century, particula...

As uncertainty and anxiety surrounding the afterlife increased, Memento Mori symbols proliferated in 16th and 17th century paintings, engravings and sculpture, both in and out of the...

Still Life Vanitas 17th Century inscribed to Edwaert COLLIER (c.1640-1708) Fine 17th Century Dutch Old Master still life vanitas, oil on panel.

A large and remarkable Japanese lacquer and marquetry decorated table or hanging cabinet, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan. The cabinet of square form surmounted by an arched top wit...

Royal House Antiques We are delighted to offer for sale this very collectable hand carved Armorial Coat of Arms Depicting a Royal crest This is an exceptionally well made and deco...

A large and impressive pair of late 19th early 20th century Entomology specimen cases, containing a varied collection of over one hundred insects from around the world pinned to an e...

Masterfully carved & most impressive Italian Vanitas bust in solid marble from late 19th century. White Carrara marble skull combined with a Belgian Black marble Roman toga (ro...

A very rare chest that was completely made of solid oak from the Netherlands middle ages. It is a joined chest with hand carved geometric gothic front panels. The ornaments used ar...

Painted in collaboration with Hendrick van Balen (Antwerp, 1575 – 1632). Provenance: Private Collection, Uruguay, since the 1930s. The eldest son of Jan Breughel the Elder, Jan the...

The Madonna, Christ Child and St. John Italian Old Master, circa 1700's period oil painting on canvas, unframed Canvas: 28.5 x 24 inches conditon: overall very good for its age, a fe...

This museum quality old master oil on canvas formal portrait painting depicting the family of the Count Zanardi is signed by the artist- the female painter Lucia Casalini Torelli- an...

Carle Vanloo (Nice 1705 – Paris 1765) Perseus and Andromeda Oil on canvas. H. 081; W. 065. Alongside François Boucher (1703-1770) and Charles-Joseph Natoire (1700-1777), Carle Vanlo...

Unusual miniature pill box in the shape of a very detailed snail. These were made in Italy circa 1970-90s usually of 800/1000 silver or alpaca/argentan/German silver (an alloy of zin...

The Allegorical Winged Nude Lady, adorned with the attributes of Spring French School, 18th century (Rococo period) oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 30 x 52 inches provenance...

Francois Tattegrain Canvas Size: 185 x 295cm Outside Size: 220 x 330cm This painting is named and listed in Benezit It was painted for the Paris Salon in 1911 and then sold in auc...