Memento mori sculpture depicting a skull, Italy 1700.
Italy 18th century.
1800 EURO
Wunderkammer Memento Mori sculpture. depicting a skull, carved from a single piece of fruitwood, this sculpture depicts a skull with deliberately exaggerated and distorted proportions and features, emphasizing its function as a symbolic warning in the tradition of Memento Mori—the latin phrase meaning “remember that you must die.” It alludes to the transience of life, a theme widely represented between the late Middle Ages and the Baroque period. Italy, 18th century.
4,5” – 11 CM H 4” – 10 CM L 6” – 15 CM D
REF: M3971
