Vanitas Memento Mori painting

Name: Vanitas Memento Mori Painting
SKU: as610a199
Price: 120.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

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E.M.Samson signed watercolour

Memento mori is a Latin phrase meaning ‘remember you must die’. A basic memento mori painting would be a portrait with a skull but other symbols commonly found are hour glasses or antique clocks, extinguished or guttering candles, fruit, and flowers.
Closely related to the memento mori picture is the vanitas still life. In addition to the symbols of mortality these may include other symbols such as musical instruments, wine and books to remind us explicitly of the vanity (in the sense of worthlessness) of worldly pleasures and goods. The term originally comes from the opening lines of the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible: ‘Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity.’
The vanitas and memento mori picture became popular in the seventeenth century, in a religious age when almost everyone believed that life on earth was merely a preparation for an afterlife. However, modern artists have continued to explore this genre.

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DimensionsFrame measures 23 X 17 inches Category Antique Pictures / Engravings / Art > Antique Watercolours Date 1911 Late 19th Century Antiques Origin English Condition Very good condition Item code as610a199 / aa189 Status Sold

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