Los Nr. 17 - Auction 261

Los Nr. 17

Large marble skull - 18th century
Schätzpreis:
20.000,00/25.000,00 €
Ausrufpreis:
13.000,00 EUR
Aktuelles Gebot:
0,00 EUR

Gebote

Status:
geschl. Auktion

Beschreibung

Large marble skull - 18th century

""Memento Mori"", Vanitas represented by a mable skull sculpted in the full round. A vanitas is a symbolic work of art showing the transience of life, the futility of pleasure, and the certainty of death. The skull was the symbol of death from the 1500s onwards; previously death was represented as a skeleton. Skulls were very popular in the Baroque period and were not only an essential part of any Chamber of Wonders (Wunderkammer), but also acted as contemplative reminders of mortality.


Height x width x depth: 45 x 52 x 35 cm. Weight: ca. 90 kg.


Item condition grading: **** good.

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