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Italian Baroque Marble Vanitas of a Skull and Crossbones
Italian Baroque Marble Vanitas of a Skull and Crossbones
Epoque 1600-1700
Origine Italian
Medium Marble
Epoque: 1600-1700
Origine: Italian
Medium: Marble
Literature: Christian doctrine teaches that death can be overcome within the doctrine of salvation, but that the believer must be eternally reminded of the transience of earthly life. ‘Teach us so to number our dayes, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom’ (PS 90.12).
This marble sculpture would have served to concentrate the penitents mind on renouncing the comforts and prides of this world and to focus his life on essentials, the last judgment and eternity.
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