Mort Collection

Anne Boleyn in the Tower of London (1536), 1835 (oil on canvas)
JLJ4688050 Anne Boleyn in the Tower of London (1536), 1835 (oil on canvas) by Cibot, Edouard (Francois Berthelemy Michel) (1799-1877); Musee Rolin, Autun

Achilles Lamenting the Death of Patroclus, 1760-63 (pen and ink and wash on paper)
XYC159614 Achilles Lamenting the Death of Patroclus, 1760-63 (pen and ink and wash on paper) by Hamilton, Gavin (1723-98); 13.7x21 cm; Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

The Raft of the Medusa - oil on canvas, 1818-1819
LRI4353719 The Raft of the Medusa - oil on canvas, 1818-1819 by Gericault, Theodore (1791-1824); 491x716 cm; Louvre, Paris

Death personified on a Tarot card
Death personified as a skeleton with a scythe on a Tarot card

Tarot Card 13 - La Mort (Death)

Belgian Revolution of 1830: episode of September 1830 on the square of the Brussels City Hall (Belgium)
LSE4315234 Belgian Revolution of 1830: episode of September 1830 on the square of the Brussels City Hall (Belgium). Painting by Gustaf Wappers (1803-1874), oil on canvas, 1835

Death of Actaeon
CH23210 Death of Actaeon by Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640); Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Flemish, out of copyright

WW1: Second Lieutenant Alain de Fayolle (illustration)
8684964 WW1: Second Lieutenant Alain de Fayolle (illustration) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); (add.info)

Chapel of Saint Exuperus and Saint Julien, Cathedral of Our Lady of Bayeux
7134906 Chapel of Saint Exuperus and Saint Julien, Cathedral of Our Lady of Bayeux; Bayeux, Normandy, France; (add.info.: Cathedral of Our Lady of Bayeux chapel knows Exuperus)

Raymond Berenger III (1082-1131), Count of Barcelona raising the flag of Barcelona on the tower of the castle of Foix
CUL4875839 Raymond Berenger III (1082-1131), Count of Barcelona raising the flag of Barcelona on the tower of the castle of Foix by FORTUNY I MARSAL, Mariano (1838-1874)

Plaster cast of a woman's body from the Via Stabiana now in the Museum of Pompeii
FLO4687112 Plaster cast of a woman's body from the Via Stabiana now in the Museum of Pompeii. Chromolithograph by Victor Steeger after an illustration by Geremia Discanno from Emile Presuhn

Cast of a dead dog from the House of Vesonius Primus, a fuller. Chromolithograph by Victor Steeger after an
FLO4687111 Cast of a dead dog from the House of Vesonius Primus, a fuller. Chromolithograph by Victor Steeger after an illustration by Geremia Discanno from Emile Presuhn (1844-1878)

General Charles Antoine Desaix de Veygoux died (1768-1800) at the Battle of Marengo on 14 June 1800
DUV4205357 General Charles Antoine Desaix de Veygoux died (1768-1800) at the Battle of Marengo on 14 June 1800. Engraving in "Histoire de France"

Letters and T: Sensitive and Tapageur. Engraving in " Usual Alphabet"
DUV4207445 Letters and T: Sensitive and Tapageur. Engraving in " Usual Alphabet". Illustrations on the theme of quality and defect in children. A. Quinn, printer-publisher, 1885

The players. Death and a black demon seem to fight on the player in green at the table
FLO4675857 The players. Death and a black demon seem to fight on the player in green at the table. Death has his bone hand on the man's throat, while the Demon grabs his hair

The pope. The Pope crowns an emperor, who kneels before him, accompanied by two cardinals
FLO4675846 The pope. The Pope crowns an emperor, who kneels before him, accompanied by two cardinals, one of whom is ridiculously personified by Death. In the background there are eveques

The farmer. The peasant is assisted by Death, who directs the horses of his plow
FLO4675737 The farmer. The peasant is assisted by Death, who directs the horses of his plow. Hand-coloured engraving by Christian Von Mechel (or Chretien de Mechel)

The ro-ro. The ro-ro carries three barrels of wine when it is interrupted by death
FLO4675734 The ro-ro. The ro-ro carries three barrels of wine when it is interrupted by death. A horse collapses on the ground, when Death wield a wheel from the cart

Expulsion from heaven. Adam and Eve are preceded by death, which plays on an old man, or a beggar's lyre
FLO4675675 Expulsion from heaven. Adam and Eve are preceded by death, which plays on an old man, or a beggar's lyre, as if she wanted to show her joy in the victory he obtained over man

The queen. The Queen has just come out of her palace, when death appears unexpectedly
FLO4675617 The queen. The Queen has just come out of her palace, when death appears unexpectedly and the drains of force to keep her away

Engraved title page " The Triumph of Death, grave after the original drawings of Jean Holbein, graveurt Chrn
FLO4675520 Engraved title page " The Triumph of Death, grave after the original drawings of Jean Holbein, graveurt Chrn. de Mechel". Plate 1

The mystical press, stained glass painted with the enamel (circa 1620), which was long believed to be offered by a wine
YOU4419849 The mystical press, stained glass painted with the enamel (circa 1620), which was long believed to be offered by a wine merchant churchwarden

The immortal, the flower stands under a crown, around roses, poppies and tulips lie crashed under a fake broken - Eau
FLO4637485 The immortal, the flower stands under a crown, around roses, poppies and tulips lie crashed under a fake broken - Eau forte by Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882)

Procris's death, accidentally killed by Cephale - Procris killed by an arrow which her husband Cephalus darted
FLO4607673 Procris's death, accidentally killed by Cephale - Procris killed by an arrow which her husband Cephalus darted through the thicket while hunting. Greek myth

The Emperor visited by Death. From Hans Holbein the Younger Les Simulachres de la Mort (Dance of Death, Totentanz)
531514 The Emperor visited by Death. From Hans Holbein the Younger Les Simulachres de la Mort (Dance of Death, Totentanz). Series of illustrations following the tradition of medieval morality plays

Music. Mozart dying and composing his Requiem (1791). Imagery, France, c.1900 (postcard)
3433689 Music. Mozart dying and composing his Requiem (1791). Imagery, France, c.1900 (postcard); (add.info.: Imagerie, France, debut 20eme. Coll. Part. Music)

History. France. French First Empire. Moulding of Napoleon Bonaparte's head by the Dr Antommarchi
2636340 History. France. French First Empire. Moulding of Napoleon Bonaparte's head by the Dr Antommarchi, physician of Napoleon in Saint Helena, France

Undine, c1900 (illustration)
2436319 Undine, c1900 (illustration); (add.info.: Literature. Fairy Tales. Death of Huldebrand. Illustration by Gyula Hoppner in: Undine, by Friedrich de la Motte Fouque, Hungary)

Hercules stifles Ante who opposes his passage in Africa -Hercules overcoming Antaeus who opposes his passage into
FLO4607780 Hercules stifles Ante who opposes his passage in Africa -Hercules overcoming Antaeus who opposes his passage into Africa. Copperplate engraving by W

The macon falls from a scaffold and kills a maneuver, is he responsible for this death
DUV4212597 The macon falls from a scaffold and kills a maneuver, is he responsible for this death? Duties towards oneself: the soul. Freedom - Responsibility

Cossu Cemetery in China - Strong Water from the Encyclopedie of Natural History: Humanite
FLO4727157 Cossu Cemetery in China - Strong Water from the Encyclopedie of Natural History: Humanite, by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811)

Cartoon of the politics of the Second Empire (Bonapartiste Regime) directed by Napoleon III
JOC4401082 Cartoon of the politics of the Second Empire (Bonapartiste Regime) directed by Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, dit Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, 1808-1873)

Chapel of Saint Exuperus and Saint Julien, Cathedral of Our Lady of Bayeux
7134908 Chapel of Saint Exuperus and Saint Julien, Cathedral of Our Lady of Bayeux; Bayeux, Normandy, France; (add.info.: Cathedral of Our Lady of Bayeux chapel knows Exuperus)

Death stealing a child from their devastated parents
3477998 Death stealing a child from their devastated parents; (add.info.: Woodcut print depicting death stealing a child from their devastated parents)

Music. Classical music. La boheme, opera in four acts by Giacomo Puccini. Imagery, France, c.1900 (postcard)
3433691 Music. Classical music. La boheme, opera in four acts by Giacomo Puccini. Imagery, France, c.1900 (postcard); (add.info.: La Boheme, opera de Puccini (1896). Imagerie, France, debut 20eme

Crucifixion with Saint Mary and Saint Madeleine. Inscription " INRI" on the cross
VEN5031648 Crucifixion with Saint Mary and Saint Madeleine. Inscription " INRI" on the cross. Painting by Bartolomeo Cesi (1556-1629) 16th century

Desolation of the Oceanides at the foot of the rock or Promethee is chain Painting by Henri Lehmann (Karl Ernest (Ernst)
JEB4960169 Desolation of the Oceanides at the foot of the rock or Promethee is chain Painting by Henri Lehmann (Karl Ernest (Ernst) Rudolf Heinrich Salem dit) (1814-1882)

The duke. Assisted by his courtiers, the Duke is docked in the street by a beggar with her child asking for charity
FLO4675881 The duke. Assisted by his courtiers, the Duke is docked in the street by a beggar with her child asking for charity

The Child. A cottage owner's wife prepares a family meal when death arrives
FLO4675821 The Child. A cottage owner's wife prepares a family meal when death arrives and takes away the youngest of her children

The curse: Adam digs in the ground, assists by death. Deep down, Eve breastfed her newborn by holding a cattail
FLO4675787 The curse: Adam digs in the ground, assists by death. Deep down, Eve breastfed her newborn by holding a cattail

Stingy. Death broke into the vault, where the Stingy sits among his coffers and bags of gold
FLO4675742 Stingy. Death broke into the vault, where the Stingy sits among his coffers and bags of gold. Death on a stool

The browser. Death is vigorously used to break the ship's mat. The captain twists his hands of despair
FLO4675739 The browser. Death is vigorously used to break the ship's mat. The captain twists his hands of despair. A sailor seems perfectly resides in his imminent fate

The merchant. After escaping from the perils of the sea, he reached the shore on which his goods were waiting
FLO4675694 The merchant. After escaping from the perils of the sea, he reached the shore on which his goods were waiting. The merchant, while contemplating his wealth, is finally surprised by death

Dependency has war (The bone of all the dead). In Bale's original death dance
FLO4675674 Dependency has war (The bone of all the dead). In Bale's original death dance, death appears wearing armor to mock the soldier and take him away

The Duchess. The Duchess is sitting, dressed in her bed, at the foot of which are two Dead
FLO4675625 The Duchess. The Duchess is sitting, dressed in her bed, at the foot of which are two Dead, one of whom plays the violin and the other pulls the sheets from the bed

Abbess. Death, grotestically crowned with flags or feathers, seized the poor abbess with her scapular
FLO4675539 Abbess. Death, grotestically crowned with flags or feathers, seized the poor abbess with her scapular. A nun at the door of the convent, with her hands raised

The Predicator. Death with a stole around his neck stands behind the predicator, holding a jaw above his head
FLO4675530 The Predicator. Death with a stole around his neck stands behind the predicator, holding a jaw above his head, possibly meaning that he is the best predictor of both. Plate 13

The alcohol leeds to the doom, 1919 (poster)
2435383 The alcohol leeds to the doom, 1919 (poster) by Foldes, Imre (1881-1948); (add.info.: Coll. Part. Hungary. Hungarian Soviet Republic. "The alcohol leeds to the doom")

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"Mort: A Captivating Journey through Art and Symbolism" In the realm of art, death has been a subject that artists have explored throughout history. From Géricault's powerful masterpiece "The Raft of the Medusa" to Redon's enigmatic portrayal in "La Mort: Mon ironie depasse toutes les autres. " - death has captivated our imagination. One cannot ignore the haunting depiction of mortality in Girodet's "Achilles Lamenting the Death of Patroclus, " where grief takes center stage as Achilles mourns his fallen comrade. The delicate strokes of pen and ink bring forth a sense of vulnerability and loss. Tarot cards, too, have long embraced death as an essential symbol. Tarot Card 13 - La Mort (Death) stands as a reminder that life is transient, urging us to embrace change fearlessly. Personified by skeletal figures on these cards, death becomes both mysterious and inevitable. Artists like Titian depicted gruesome scenes such as the "Death of Actaeon, " capturing not only physical demise but also the emotional turmoil surrounding it. These works force us to confront our own mortality and reflect upon its profound impact on human existence. Even in Emile de Nieuwerkerke's painting "Two Fighting Knights, " we witness a metaphorical battle between life and death. As they clash with swords drawn, their struggle represents our eternal fight against mortality itself. Beyond paintings lies another form of expression – dance. Commanding gracefulness amidst darkness, Death Swan Dance entrances audiences with its macabre beauty. This performance embodies how even in movement, we are reminded that life intertwines with death at every step. History bears witness to moments when ideologies clashed violently; one such instance was during Paris Commune in 1871 when socialists fought fiercely until their last breaths. Their determination exemplifies how some beliefs are worth fighting for until the very end.