A 19th century French memento mori


TURGIS, Louis jnr.

Le temps passe, l'Eternité approche ! et nous n'y pesnons pas! Souviens-toi, ô homme, que tu n'es que poussière et que tu retourneras en poussière. Acuerdate hombre, que eres de polvo y que volveras á polvo.
Paris: Louis Turgis, Jnr, 1851. Tinted lithograph finished with hand colour and gum arabic shine. Printed area 330 x 220mm.

Repaired tears in margins, some surface soiling.

''Time passes, Eternity approaches! and we don't think about it! Remember, O man, that you are dust and to dust you will return.''
A memento mori, featuring a skull placed on an open book and rosary, on bones in a graveyard. In the background are the souls of the departed, following the light to heaven on the left and plunging to hell to be met by the Devil on the right.



Stock ID : 23887