Skeletal Artworks

Artistic representations of skeletons in various forms including prints, mosaics, and paintings, exploring themes of mortality and anatomy.

Prague, Sadeler, Aegidius, Portrait of Albert-Johannes, Baron of Smirzicz on his deathbed, verso left center - stamped, Baron Albert-Johannes of Smirzicz lies full length on his deathbed, in fashionable clothing. At the top in the corner his family crest with the motto 'Nulla vis major pietate vera est' ('No strength is greater than true piety')., print, prints, height 274 mm, width 328 mm, South Netherlandish, 1570 - 1629, print maker, printmaker, 1618 - 1618, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)
Prague, Sadeler, Aegidius, Portrait of Albert-Johannes, Baron of Smirzicz on his deathbed, verso left center - stamped, Baron Albert-Johannes of Smirzicz lies full length on his deathbed, in fashionable clothing. At the top in the corner his family crest with the motto 'Nulla vis major pietate vera est' ('No strength is greater than true piety')., print, prints, height 274 mm, width 328 mm, South Netherlandish, 1570 - 1629, print maker, printmaker, 1618 - 1618, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)
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Liagno, Teodoro Filippo di, The Hague, Hondius, Hendrick, Skeletons of birds and mammals, Skeleton with banner, verso - stamped, Death in the form of a skeleton with a banner over his shoulder, walking to the left in a landscape. Print from a series of 23 prints with representations of skeletons by Hendrick Hondius I, Andries Jacobsz. Stock and Simon Frisius., print, prints, mo in frame: MORS Signum extollit Victrix canit ipsa, Triumphu cuidant submissas sceptra ligos manus., height 158 mm, width 102 mm, print maker, 1625 - 1652, second quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception, Italian
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SKELETON. MOSAIC FROM POMPEII. Location: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY. NEAPEL. ITALIA.
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Death with the farmer, panel of the Danse Macabre, 1840, by Johann Anton Falger (1791-1876), painting on wood, Martinskapelle (chapel of Saint Martin), Elbigenalp, Tyrol, Austria.
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Drawing, Skeleton; Italy; pen and brown ink on paper; 21.2 × 14.6 cm (8 3/8 × 5 3/4 in.)
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Muscleman, in a landscape, seen from the front. Photolithograph, 1940, after a woodcut, 1543.
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An opium victim, Vietnam, illustration by Peulot from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 2268, Volume LXXXVIII, August 14, 1886.
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Corpse
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The dance of death: death and the mother. Etching by D.-N. Chodowiecki, 1791, after himself.
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Prague, Sadeler, Aegidius, Portrait of Albert-Johannes, Baron of Smirzicz on his deathbed, verso left center - stamped, Baron Albert-Johannes of Smirzicz lies full length on his deathbed, in fashionable clothing. At the top in the corner his family crest with the motto 'Nulla vis major pietate vera est' ('No strength is greater than true piety')., print, prints, height 274 mm, width 328 mm, South Netherlandish, 1570 - 1629, print maker, printmaker, 1618 - 1618, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process)
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Hanging sex bovine. Draughtsman: Jordanus Hoorn. Dating: 1763 - 1833. Measurements: h 151 mm × w 144 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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In Ictu Oculi 1671 Juan de Valdes Leal (1622-1690 Spanish) Oil on canvas
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Human Skeleton, Lateral View (Outline of the skeleton for the key figure to Table III), George Stubbs, 1724-1806, British, 1795 to 1806, Graphite on cream, thin, slightly textured, wove paper; squared in graphite for transfer, Sheet: 18 x 14 1/2 inches (45.7 x 36.8 cm), anatomical study, anatomy, man, nude, running, side, skeleton, study (visual work)
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Amor and Death, as a skeleton with Speer, Henricus Wilhelmus Couwenberg, after Lodewijk Anthony Vintcent, 1830 - 1845 print Amsterdam paper etching Death as skeleton. (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros)
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'Allegory of Death: In Ictu Oculi', 1672, Oil on canvas, 220 x 216 cm. Author: JUAN DE VALDES LEAL. Location: HOPITAL DE LA CHARITE. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.
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Cente Marco da Ravenna, work, Skeletons, copper engraving, graphics, plate width 43.4 cm, plate height 28.5 cm, Photo no. 32102.363, 9/3/1999, photographer: Mäkinen, Janne, photo type: laakadia v/k, content description: 11.Hetki - there is always morning exhibition at Sinebrychoff 2000,
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Monumental stone figure from St. Mary Overies Church: an emaciated figure partially wrapped in a shroud, front view. Engraving with etching by William Deeble, 1815.
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Missae In Agenda Defunctorum....Ex Missali Romano. Binding. Bassano: Giovanni Antonio Remondino. Woodcut. 1740. 324 x 236mm.
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Dutch East Indies: a spokesman of the people of the island of Solor. Coloured lithograph by S. Müller and T.C. Bruining, ca. 1839.
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Cradle's Watchman, Antique Skeletons of Amsterdam
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Skull Manuel Manilla (Mexican, 1830-1895). Skull, printed and published 1971. Relief engraving on paper, 14 7/8 x 11 in. (37.8 x 27.9 cm). European Art printed and published 1971
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Saint Jerome. Dated: c. 1610/1614. Dimensions: overall: 168 x 110.5 cm (66 1/8 x 43 1/2 in.) framed: 194.3 x 137.2 x 6.4 cm (76 1/2 x 54 x 2 1/2 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos).
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Running skeleton, draughtsman: Gesina ter Borch, Zwolle, c. 1656, paper, h 120 mm × w 91 mm
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A skeleton with her back turned wearing a coat and hat, from a broaside entitled 'La Calavera de Cupido', published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo. ca. 1880-1910 José Guadalupe Posada. A skeleton with her back turned wearing a coat and hat, from a broaside entitled 'La Calavera de Cupido', published by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo.. José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1851-1913). ca. 1880-1910. Etching on zinc. Prints
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Vanitas Still Life. Artist: Jacques de Gheyn II (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1565-1629 The Hague). Dimensions: 32 1/2 x 21 1/4 in. (82.6 x 54 cm). Date: 1603.De Gheyn was a wealthy amateur who is best known as a brilliant draftsman, but he also painted and engraved. This panel is generally considered to be the earliest known independent still life painting of a <i>vanitas</i> subject. The skull, large bubble, cut flowers, and smoking urn refer to the brevity of life, while images floating in the bubble--such as a wheel of torture and a leper's rattle--Spanish coins, and a Dutch medal refer to human folly. The figures flanking the arch above are Democritus and Heraclitus, the laughing and weeping philosophers of ancient Greece. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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St Jerome, by Merisi Michelangelo known as Caravaggio, 1605, 17th Century, oil on canvas. Italy, Lazio, Rome, Borghese Gallery. Detail. Still life skull book.
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Death and the glutton. Coloured aquatint.
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Head, neck and chest of écorché, lying supine, with eyes and mouth open. Watercolour, 18--().
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death with scythe, catafalque, dance of death, 16th century, Museo de la Caballada, Church of the Holy Trinity, Atienza, Guadalajara, Spain.
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Death with scythe, catafalque, dance of death, 16th century, Museo de la Caballada, Church of the Holy Trinity, Atienza, Guadalajara, Spain, Europe
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Lavalley, the cemetery of the Saints-Innocents, copy according to the drawing of Bernier. (Dummy title). Carnavalet museum, history of Paris.
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Roman mosaic from Pompeii of a skeleton carrying two askoi.
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Ruit Hora Fleeting Time. Dated: 1893. Dimensions: sheet: 65.5 × 41.5 cm (25 13/16 × 16 5/16 in.) plate: 35 × 34.5 cm (13 3/4 × 13 9/16 in.). Medium: etching with monotype inking. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: LUIGI CONCONI.
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Death geniuses (IT)
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Järnefelt, Eero, work, Sketch book, 1916, special category: sketch book, 50.5 cm x 34.5 cm, Järnefelt, Eero, 1916, Erik 'Eero' Nikolai Järnefelt 1863 - 1937, Finnish painter and art professor. Known for his portraits and landscapes of the area around Koli National Park in Finland.
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Dead Child with Four Skulls. Artist: Barthel Beham (German, Nuremberg ca. 1502-1540 Italy). Dimensions: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 3 in. (5.4 x 7.6 cm). Date: mid-16th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Barthel Beham.
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Catarina Ykens/ Vanitas bust of a lady with a crown of flowers on a ledge, 1688. Óleo sobre tela. 21x21. Museum: PRIVATE COLLECTION. Author: CATHARINA YKENS.
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Tauromorph sarcophagus. Avenc de la Punta (Pollensa, Majorca).. ca. 310-110 BC, pollensa museum, Spain.
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Plate 27: Christ Crucified, Mora: From Portfolio "Spanish Colonial Designs of New Mexico". Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 35.6 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.). Medium: screenprint on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: American 20th Century.
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A negro hung alive by the Ribs to a Gallows, Slave Hanging by the Ribs, William Blake, 1796,
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Human cast, Pompeii, victims of the volcanic eruption in 79, illustration from 1870, Italy, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century template..
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Painted metal plaque of the Edlitzer Dance of Death, motif "The farmer"
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ESQUELETO DE AGUSTIN LUENGO CAPILLA (1849 -1875) MEDIA 2.35 - (EL GIGANTE EXTREMEÑO O EL GIGANTE DE LA PUEBLA DE ALCOCER). Location: MUSEO ETNOLOGICO. MADRID. SPAIN. AGUSTIN LUENGO CAPILLA (1849-1875) GIGANTE EXTREME.
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Tauromorph sarcophagus. Avenc de la Punta (Pollensa, Majorca).. ca. 310-110 BC, pollensa museum, Spain.
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Carnival in Venice, Italy, Europe
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Death geniuses (IT)
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Tauromorph sarcophagus. Avenc de la Punta (Pollensa, Majorca) . ca. 310-110 BC, pollensa museum, Spain, Europe
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Monument commémoratif imbriqué dans une facade. Nadar Gaspard Félix Tournachon (French, 1820 - 1910)