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Memento mori. [53]
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A boy leans on a human skull; a small flower is surrounded by the inscription 'Memento mori'- (personifications of) 'Vanitas', the vanity of human life; Fragilité humana, Fugacité delle grandezze & della gloria mondana,
Meditatione della morte, Opera vana, Piacere vano, Vana gloria, Vanité (Ripa)
[11R5]
- trees (+ stem, trunk)
[25G3(+21)]
- (human) skull
[31A211]
- sitting on the ground
[31A2351]
- head held in the hand(s), with elbows leaning on an elevation or on the knees
[31A25312]
- index finger forwards, pointing, indicating
[31A25552]
- boy (child between toddler and youth) (+ nude human being)
[31D11221(+89)]
- death's head, skull (symbol of Death)
[31F11]
- Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ nude)
[5(+131)]
- Alertness, Vigilance; 'Guardia', 'Vigilanza', 'Vigilanza per difendersi & oppugnare altri' (Ripa)
[52A23]
- 'watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming' ~ doctrine of Christ on the Kingdom of Heaven (Matthew
24:42-44, 25:13; Luke 12:40)
[73C7462]
- proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT)
[86(MEMENTO MORI)]
- proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT)
[86(VIGILATE NESCITIS ENIM QUA HORA...)]