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| Keywords: German - Figure of Death (Memento Mori) - Walters 6197 - View A.jpg This is an outstanding example of a memento mori or reminder of death a gruesome skeleton clothed in tattered flesh holds a scroll bearing the Latin inscription I am what you will be I was what you are For every man is this so That the artist has depicted the cadaver in a graceful pose that mimics that of Adam in Albrecht Dürer's famous engraving of Adam and Eve is probably intentional; it was due to Adam's sin that humans were subject to death This carving was surely made for a sophisticated collector--Archduke Ferdinand of Austria owned one that is not as good--and such a collector would have recognized the source of the pose The complexity of the carving of this statuette demonstrates the qualities of boxwood The carver was able to hollow out the gut and peel away the skin without the form collapsing between 1530 1630 Renaissance boxwood cm 24 7 accession number 61 97 27282 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Translation Inscribed in Latin on scroll I am what you will be I was what you are For every man is this so World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 The Allure of Bronze The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995 Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 A Renaissance Gem Revealed Petrarch's Triumphs Disbound The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2002 place of origin Germany Walters Art Museum license Renaissance sculpture in the Walters Art Museum German art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
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