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Style 1 15

Skull and Hourglass
Jensen, C.A. · 1714-1814
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
Memento Mori, "To This Favour"
William Michael Harnett (American, 1848–1892) · 1879
Cleveland Museum of Art
Vanitas Still Life
1646
Rijksmuseum
Kranium, set forfra
Lundbye, Johan Thomas · 1839
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
Vanitas
British 17th Century
National Gallery of Art
Through an Opening in the Wall, a Skull Appeared, plate 1 from Edmond Picard's Le Jure
Odilon Redon · 1887
Art Institute of Chicago
Child with Three Skulls
Barthel Beham · 1529
National Gallery of Art
Skull and Hourglass
231_person
National Gallery of Denmark
The Three Skulls
Paul Cézanne · 1902/06
Art Institute of Chicago
Three Skulls from Convento dei Cappucini at Palermo
Ring, L.A. · 1894
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
Vanitas Still Life
Willigen, Pieter van der · 1670
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
Coat of Arms with a Skull
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) · 1503
Cleveland Museum of Art
Untitled (Memento Mori Still Life)
T. R. (Thomas Richard) Williams · 1859
Art Institute of Chicago
Death's Head
Saenredam, Jan; Bloemaert, Abraham · 1599-1604
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
Coat of Arms with a Skull
Jan Wierix (Flemish, 1549-c. 1620) · n.d.
Art Institute of Chicago

Style 2 14

Skull
Caracciolo, Giovanni Battista; Bandinelli, Baccio · 1578-1634
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
Child with Three Skulls
Barthel Beham · 1529
National Gallery of Art
Study of a Skull, Facing Left
c. 1654 - c. 1658
Rijksmuseum
A Skull
c. 1615 - c. 1630
Rijksmuseum
Study of a Skull, Facing Right
c. 1654 - c. 1658
Rijksmuseum
Sleeping Child with Four Skulls
Barthel Beham, 1502 - 1540 · 1520s
Smithsonian
Kranium
Flinch, Andreas · 1838
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
Leaf from De humani corporis fabrica (skull), plate 100 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century
Attributed to Jan Stephan van Calcar (Netherlandish, 1499-1546/50) · 1543, assembled into portfolio 1937
Art Institute of Chicago
Lintel, over Cemetery Gateway
Albert Pratt · 1937
National Gallery of Art
Coat of Arms of Lazarus Spengler
Hans Springinklee
National Gallery of Art
Chiroptera skull
Netherlands
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Project for a Sepulcher Monument
1650s, 1620s
Smithsonian
Rams' Skulls
George Hayter · n.d.
Art Institute of Chicago
Top View of a Child’s Fontanel
1733 - 1738
Rijksmuseum

Style 3 7

Skull
Unidentified · 1900s, 1980s
Smithsonian
Spice Box Shaped as a Skull
German · 17th century
Art Institute of Chicago
Skull with case
c. 1650 - c. 1664
Rijksmuseum
Vessel in the Form of a Skull
Moche · 100 BCE–500 CE
Art Institute of Chicago
kranium, cranium, skull
Sweden
Museum of Ethnography
Mask
Ibibio · Unknown
Art Institute of Chicago
Vessel in the Form of a Human or Animal Skull
Moche · 100 BCE–500 CE
Art Institute of Chicago

Style 4 3

Pietà, Fragment with Mary’s Lower Legs and a Skull
c. 1460 - c. 1480
Rijksmuseum
Design for Escutcheon, with Skulls and Books
Unknown Artist · n.d.
Art Institute of Chicago
Design for Escutcheon, with Skulls
Unknown Artist · n.d.
Art Institute of Chicago

Named in the museum's description 20

The skull is small, hidden or only part of the story in these works, so they're shown whole.

Deformed skull
Wetselaar, H.G, (1926-)
Leiden University Libraries
Skull
Houtman, M · 1776
Leiden University Libraries
Skull
Houtman, M · 1788
Leiden University Libraries
Deformed skull
Wetselaar, H.G, (1926-)
Leiden University Libraries
Skull
Netherlands
Leiden University Libraries
Skull
Houtman, M · 1784
Leiden University Libraries
Skull
Netherlands
Leiden University Libraries
Skull
Netherlands
Leiden University Libraries
Prints of the Brain and the Heart
1733 - 1738
Rijksmuseum
Skull
Houtman, M · 1788
Leiden University Libraries
Prints of the Brain and the Heart
1733 - 1738
Rijksmuseum
Skull
Houtman, M · 1773
Leiden University Libraries
Skull
Houtman, M · 1776
Leiden University Libraries
Saint John in the Wilderness (Saint Hilarion)
Francesco Villamena, ca.1566 – 1626 · 1610s, 1600s
Smithsonian
Prints of the Brain and the Heart
1733 - 1738
Rijksmuseum
(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Theology
Elihu Vedder, born New York City 1836-died Rome, Italy 1923 · 1880s
Smithsonian
Prints of the Brain and the Heart
1733 - 1738
Rijksmuseum
Prints of the Brain and the Heart
1733 - 1738
Rijksmuseum
St Mary Magdalen with a skull in her arms
Casolani, Alessandro · 1552-1607
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
Prints of the Brain and the Heart
1733 - 1738
Rijksmuseum