Mourning child with a skull
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Gdzie jest teraz „Mourning child with a skull”? Muzeum Wiktorii i Alberta, British Galleries, Room 56, The Djanogly Gallery, Londyn. Tak, teraz na wystawie. Sprawdzono 9 listopada 2026.
Londyn, Wielka Brytania
SalaBritish Galleries, Room 56, The Djanogly Gallery
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This statue of a child holding a skull was made to be placed on a tomb, and to serve as a memento mori (reminder of death). This piece and its pendant, thought to represent a girl and boy respectively, were probably designed to flank the sculpted portrait of the deceased.
Materials & Making
Tombs in Britain in the 17th and 18th century were often carved from marble, or occasionally alabaster. Marble was imported, generally from Italy via The Netherlands. It was considered an appropriate material for funerary monuments, partly because of the associations with ancient Roman sculpture, and because of its supposed durability.
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A long tradition of depicting symbols of death existed in west European art. The skull and the hourglass symbolised decay and the passing of time, while the sorrowing child was an allegory, albeit informal, of sorrow. Direct Christian imagery was avoided in British funerary sculpture after the Reformation, and allegory became more common.
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- A.62-1938
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