Viererkopf "Memento Mori"

3D Model

MKG: 1962.58ab
around 1650, Netherlands
Height: 6.00 cm; Width: 5.50 cm; Depth: 6.10 cm
Material: Buxus

“Remember death” admonishes the head with four faces: infant, skull, man and woman. The contrast between life and death reflects the idea that the beginning of life is already the beginning of death. The small-format cabinet piece is a typical symbol of vanitas, the transience of everything earthly.