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Memento mori
This painting with its animal skeletons and skulls interspersed with living animals and insects could be interpreted as a reminder of the fact that everything is finite. The title suggests this: remember that you are mortal. Symbolism of this kind was common and was meant to urge people to reflect, and caution against sinful living. The artist Savery had spent time as court painter to the emperor …
Creator
Type of item
- Visual arts
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
Creator
Type of item
- Visual arts
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
Providing institution
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Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Nationalmuseum, Sweden
Provenance
- Purchase 1995
Identifier
- NM 6936
- 29167
Extent
- Mått 20,3 x 23,5 cm
Format
- Oil on panel
- Oil painting
Providing country
- Sweden
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-01-11T14:10:25.131Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2017-01-11T14:27:51.442Z