"Large Tondo Memento Mori 19th Century Vanity On Panel"
Tondo Memento Mori 19th Century Vanity On Panel Old oil painting on panel "Memento Mori" 19th century Italian school. In the style of the famous mosaic preserved at the Archaeological Museum of Naples. Complete with frame, the painting is in good general condition with signs of age. Coming from ecclesiastical circles in southern Italy, probably from Campania. The representation is rich in symbolic and esoteric elements, the skull symbolizes death dominated by a square which balances the representations of poverty and wealth, the butterfly represents the soul while the wheel is the symbol of destiny. Diameter: 56 cm Thickness: 4 cm Diameter of the painting without frame: 46 cm Free and insured shipping in mainland France