Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill, Pieter Claesz, 1628
Skull and Leeks, Pablo Picasso, 1945
Portrait of a Man Holding a Skull, Frans Hals, ca. 1610-14
An Old Philosopher at Her Desk, with a Vanitas-Skull and an Hourglass, Pietro Bellotti, ca. 1665-70
Allegory of Charles I of England and Henrietta of France in a Vanitas Still Life, attr. to Carstian Luyckx (1623-after 1657)
Young Man with a Skull, Paul Cézanne, 1896-98
Saint Jerome in His Study, Joos van Cleve, 1528
Vanitas Still Life, Cornelis Norbertus Gysbrechts (fl. 1660-1683)
Vanitas-Still Life with Violin, Notebook, Flower-Vase, and Skull, Pierfrancesco Cittadini (1616-1681)
Vanitas, anonymous French artist, 1670
Memento Mori
Horace, Odes 2.3, ll. 1-8 In difficult times, remember to keep a level mind, Just as in prosperous times you must keep your mind away From insolent delight – for Dellus, you shall die, Whether you live your entire life in gloom every moment, Or whether you recline on a secluded patch of grass During the holidays, taking your delight In a fine Falernian wine fetched from the depths of your cellar. Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem, non secus ac bonis ab insolenti temperatam laetitia, moriture Delli, seu maestus omni tempore vixeris seu te in remoto gramine per dies festos reclinatum bearis interiore nota Falerni.
Still Life with Skull (Vanitas), Philippe de Champaigne, ca. 1671
Vanitas, Juriaen van Streeck, ca. 1670
Vanitas Still Life with Violin and Skull Covered with Laurel Leaves, Pieter Gerritsz. van Roestraeten (1630-1700)
Vanitas Portrait of a Lady, Clara Peeters, ca. 1613-20
“Vanitas” Still Life, Adam Bernaert, ca. 1665
Vanitas with Violin and Glass Ball, Pieter Claesz, ca. 1628