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| Keywords: French - Pendant with a Monk and Death - Walters 71461.jpg Surely intended for the use of a monk this pendant represents a head divided to depict a monk on one half and a skull on the other making explicit the user's own mortality and the certainty of death The carver conveys the reality of impending death in the monk's eyes rolling into his head his parted lips and his pallor which is suggested by the natural color of ivory Such imagery was popular throughout much of the 16th and 17th centuries making dating difficult between 1575 1675 Baroque ivory cm 7 3 accession number 71 461 5036 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 Illuminated Manuscripts Masterpieces in Miniature The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984-1985 place of origin Belgium Walters Art Museum license Sculptures of skulls Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum Art of France in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Vanitas | ||||
