Viererkopf "Memento Mori"

Description

[MKG: 1962.58ab](https://sammlungonline.mkg-hamburg.de/de/object/Viererkopf-%22Memento-Mori%22/1962.58.ab/dc00025386?s=memento+mori&h=0) <br> around 1650, Netherlands <br> Height: 6.00 cm; Width: 5.50 cm; Depth: 6.10 cm <br> Material: Buxus <br> <br> "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.