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MEMENTO MORI SIGN

Estimate1 500 - 2 000
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Rectangular panelled woodwork panel in carved and gilded lime wood, partially painted blue. It depicts, in bas-relief, a naked man and woman leaning against one another, damned, tied to a central post and being attacked by dragons. Above, a winged skull. Set within an architectural arcade.
18th century.
Height: 61 cm – Width: 24 cm.
(Fragment, with missing sections and worm-eaten areas)