Sujet

Memento mori, between 1600 and 1609. Creator: Roelandt Savery.

Légende

Memento mori, between 1600 and 1609. Additional Info: 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.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23A96_362

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

60,3Mo (5,0Mo) / 42,0cm x 36,0cm / 4960 x 4247 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe animal animals historical religious arts painting bird birds religion Sweden Swedish insect insects art skull skulls museum Flanders Belgium color death scene Christian Christianity Renaissance depiction century gallery skeleton skeletons bone bones concept exhibition exhibit mortality 17th century art gallery oil Painting Colour Flemish culture history historic seventeenth century TGN Northern Renaissance memento mori Oil on wood Roelandt Savery Roelant Savery Roelant Saverij Savery Roelant Savery Roelandt oil on oak art centre Stockholm National Museum Heritage Art Savery Roelant National Museum Sweden Nationalmuseum Sweden painting? oil on oak wood oil on oak wood religious art