Subject
Death
Death is a subject in art. The gallery holds 62 works in this subject in art, including works by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, François Boucher and Caravaggio.
Death is the end of life. It is the irreversible cessation of biological functions that sustain a living organism; however, the identification of the moment of death presents certain difficulties.
Key artists
Works
The Lamentation
Pietà (The Dead Christ Mourned by Nicodemus and Two Angels)
The Ages and Death
The Lamentation
涅槃図|Death of the Historical Buddha (Nehan-zu)
The Lamentation
The Lamentation
Death and the Miser
仏涅槃図|Death of the Historical Buddha (Nehan-zu)
The Triumph of Death
Untitled
Crucifixion and Last Judgement diptych
Untitled
Tobit Burying the Dead
Death of Adonis
Pietà
The Dead Christ in the Tomb with Two Angels
Untitled
The Death of the First Born
The Battle of Vercellae
Hercules, Deianira, and Nessus
Gamepiece with a Dead Heron ("Falconer's Bag")
The Deluge towards Its Close
The Death of Harmonia
Saturn Devouring His Son
Death and the Miser (outer doors); St. Nicolas with donor and St. Godelieve with donor (inner doors)
Promenade
The Third of May 1808
The Poor: The Waiting Room of Death
Last Words of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius
The three ages and death
The Battle of Smolensk, 17th August 1812
The Drowned Fisherman
Battle of Isly, August 14, 1844
Bataille d'Aboukir, 25 Juillet 1799
The Death of Queen Sophie Amalie
Men and Animals Struggling Against Death & Father Time
Knight, Death and Devil
Lover laments the death of his beloved
Death of General Valhubert, December 2, 1805
The Ravisher
A dead Child carried to Heaven by Angels
Death of Meleager
The Death of Masaccio
The Genius of France between Freedom and Death
Mort de Saint Louis devant Tunis, 25 août 1270
The death of Charles V
The Death of Leonardo da Vinci in the Arms of François I
Death of Władysław Jagiellon near Varna
Death of St Francis
The Death of the Bohemian
The Death of the Bohemian
The Death of the Bohemian
The Death of the Bohemian
The Death of the Bohemian
Deathbed portrait of Aristide 'Atiti' Suhas, died 5 March 1892, 1.5 years old
Masks Confronting Death
Death of the Virgin
Honors Rendered to Raphael on His Deathbed
The Triumph of Death
Time and Death
Evening