Vanity – Memento Mori, Figure Of Death With A Scythe, 19th Century

Vanity – Memento Mori, Figure of Death with a Scythe, 19th century

Unique sculpture depicting Death, represented as a skeleton wrapped in a shroud and holding his scythe.

Description

The skull, hands, feet and blade of the scythe are made of bone, contrasting with the drapery carved in wood and enhanced with a dark polychromy.This statuette is part of the tradition of vanities and memento mori, recalling the fragility of life and the inevitability of death.
A true object of meditation, it extends the Baroque and Romantic iconographic heritage which in the 19th century nourished a pronounced taste for the macabre and the symbolism of finitude.
Resting on a molded wooden base.
Dimensions: height 21cm
Materials: carved and stained wood, bone elements.

Condition:

Wear and small cracks from use, stable and complete set. Cabinet curiosity, at the crossroads of religious and philosophical art, strong testimony to the tradition of the memento mori.

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