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Brooch decorated with human hair, Europe, 1701-1900

Copy of silver Roman cup

Memento mori, Roman, 199 BCE-500 CE

Skeleton in coffin pendant, Europe, 1701-1900

Alarm clock, mounted on model of coffin, probably English, 1

Figure of a man in a coffin, Italy, 1501-1600

Memento mori skull and crossbones, Europe, 1801-1900

Brooch containing human hair, Europe, 1701-1900

Statue representing Death, Germany, 1750-1870

Silver-plated skeleton, Europe, 1701-1900

Tobacco jar, Japan, 1701-1800

Death and the lady. Etching.

A man, half human and half skeleton. Coloured etching after R. Dighton, 17--.

A clock dial on which a skeleton holds an oil lamp. Drawing by Caleb Elwin, 1800.

Death astride his horse is the hero of the battlefield. Etching.

Four circular compositions with scenes from the dance of death. Lithograph after Israhel van Meckenem.

An elderly man taunted by a skeleton, as he sits and ponders in a vanitas conceit. Woodcut by Tobias Stimmer, 1580.

A young woman contemplating a skull. Woodcut by A. Andreani after A. Casolano, 1592.

A young artist in his studio contemplating a skull. Etching, 1815.

A man, half human and half skeleton. Etching.

Three figures on horseback. Etching.

Three skulls are piled up to form a pyramidal composition on which a dead child partly lies. Heliogravure after S. Beham, 1529.

Death tramples on three female allegorical figures representing sensual pleasures. Pen and ink drawing, ca. 1700.

An architectural composition resembling an altar on which a skeleton lies, cherubs fly above. Engraving.

A skeleton encircled with a decorative band. Woodcut.

A skeleton with snakes and rats. Etching by C. Grignion, 1821.

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Three skulls are piled up to form a pyramidal composition on which a dead child partly lies. Heliogravure after S. Beham, 1529.

Death tramples on three female allegorical figures representing sensual pleasures. Pen and ink drawing, ca. 1700.

An architectural composition resembling an altar on which a skeleton lies, cherubs fly above. Engraving.

A skeleton encircled with a decorative band. Woodcut.

A skeleton with snakes and rats. Etching by C. Grignion, 1821.