Dead Body Collection (page 2)

Notre offensive du 15 decembre 1916; Cadavres allemands, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Notre offensive du 15 decembre 1916; Cadavres allemands, 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

The Revolution in Sicily - the English Battalion at the foot of the round tower of the... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Revolution in Sicily - the English Battalion at the foot of the round tower of the Citadel of Melazzo - from a sketch by our special artist, 1860

The Revolution in Sicily - Sicilian skirmishers attacking the advanced posts of the... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Revolution in Sicily - Sicilian skirmishers attacking the advanced posts of the Neapolitans on the left flank at Melazzo - from a sketch by our special artist, 1860

Notre offensive du 15 decembre 1916; Artilleurs allemands tuers a leur piece, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Notre offensive du 15 decembre 1916; Artilleurs allemands tuers a leur piece, 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Claudius Civilis Arrested and His Brother Paulus Beheaded, 1611. Creator: Antonio Tempesta
Claudius Civilis Arrested and His Brother Paulus Beheaded, 1611. From The War of the Romans Against the Batavians, pl. 3

Au fort de la bataille Jutland ; "Servant les pieces jusqu'a la fin ! ", 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Sketches in Australia - Aboriginal Mode of the Disposal of the Dead, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in Australia - Aboriginal Mode of the Disposal of the Dead, 1857....the corpse is placed on a platform of wickerwork, attached to poles, and raised to a considerable height above the ground

Sur les Champs de Bataille de 1918; la ferme Lessard, entre Marizy et Neuilly-Saint-Front, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Dans la Bataille; cadavres de soldats allemands de la 1st division de la Garde, dans le... 1918
Dans la Bataille; cadavres de soldats allemands de la 1st division de la Garde, dans le parc du chateau de Grivesnes, 1918

Dans la Bataille; Ecriteau dispose pour proteger une breche au mur du parc, quand... 1918
Dans la Bataille; Ecriteau dispose pour proteger une breche au mur du parc, quand Grivesnes etait a 60 kilometres du front, 1918

Dans la Bataille; Une contre-attaque francaise: l'assaillant momentanement arrete... 1918. Creator: J Simont
Dans la Bataille; Une contre-attaque francaise: l'assaillant momentanement arrete, notre infanterie avance a la baionnette, sur un terrainjonche de cadavres allemands

'Les combats au Nord de la Somme; Dans les ruines de Curlu, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Les combats au Nord de la Somme; Dans les ruines de Curlu, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

The Death of the Khalifa, 1899, (c1900). Creator: Harold Robert Millar
The Death of the Khalifa, 1899, (c1900). Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, styled Khalifat al-Mahdi (usually rendered as Khalifa')

The Battle of Omdurman: The Defence of the Khalifa's Black Flag, 1898, (c1900). Creator: Unknown
The Battle of Omdurman: The Defence of the Khalifa's Black Flag, 1898, (c1900). Episode during the Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan

Angels carry the body of Christ - Pietà, c.1587. Creator: Bartholomeus Spranger
Angels carry the body of Christ - Pieta, c.1587

An Incident in the Present War - painted by Sovrieul, in the exhibition of pictures of the French Sc Creator: Unknown
An Incident in the Present War - painted by Sovrieul, in the exhibition of pictures of the French School, 1856. In the picture which we engrave this week from the facile

'Apres le Combat; Une sentinelle francaise veille le corps d'un aviateur ennemi reposant... 1916
'Apres le Combat; Une sentinelle francaise veille le corps d'un aviateur ennemi reposant sur le fuselage de son appareil abattu, 1916

The Deposition and the Entombment, c.1290. Creator: Anon
The Deposition and the Entombment, c.1290

The Deposition and the Entombment, c.1290. Creator: Anon
The Deposition and the Entombment, c.1290

Nemesis - lioness with her cubs near the body of a black man, 1870-1905. Creator: John MacAllan Swan
Nemesis - lioness with her cubs near the body of a black man, 1870-1905

Infantry Skirmish in the Eighty Years War, c.1645. Creator: Nicolaas van Eyck
Infantry Skirmish in the Eighty Years War, c.1645. Attributed to Nicolaas van Eyck

La Campagne Macedonienne; Les cavaliers serbes a pied se deploient en ligne de... 1916. Creator: Unknown
La Campagne Macedonienne; Les cavaliers serbes a pied se deploient en ligne de tirailleurs ; au premier plan, le corps d'un lieutenant de cavalerie bulgare. 1916

The Battle of Ramillies between the French and the Allied Powers, 23 May 1706, (1706-1710). War of the Spanish Succession

Cavalry Attack, 1680-1700. Creator: Jan van Huchtenburg
Cavalry Attack, 1680-1700

Alone in the World, 1878. Creator: Jozef Israels
Alone in the World, 1878. Woman weeping next to dead body

Study for "The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar", 1783-1786. Creator: John Singleton Copley
Study for "The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar", 1783-1786

Le Prince de Hohenzollern... 1870. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le Prince de Hohenzollern... 1870. Le Prince de Hohenzollern finding that decidedly the staircase is too steep

'The Death of the First Born, after Lawrence Alma-Tadema, R.A. c1880-83. Creator: A Mongin
'The Death of the First Born, after Lawrence Alma-Tadema, R.A.'From "Modern Artists" by F.G.Dumas. [J.S.Virtue & Co Ltd, London, c1880]

Que diable est-ce qu'ils font la-haut!, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Que diable est-ce qu'ils font la-haut!, 19th century. Personification of the River Rhine: What the devil are they doing up there

Le triomphe du paganisme, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le triomphe du paganisme, 19th century. The Triumph of Paganism. Dead or dying man (the Pope?), wearing hat labelled The Religious Universe

Requiescat in pace!, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Requiescat in pace!, 19th century. Body lying under a sheet surrounded by candles. Temporal Power - Foreign Affairs - Petitions - Rest in Peace!

Nos allies a l'assaut: les corps a corps du "Devils Wood", 1916. Creator: Unknown
Nos allies a l'assaut : les corps a corps du "Devils Wood". 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

'"The Bridge of Sighs" and Thomas Hood, 1890. Creator: William Small
'"The Bridge of Sighs" and Thomas Hood, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

Une semaine de combats sur la rive gauche de la Meuse; 10 mars (13 heures). --Guetteur... 1916. Creator: Unknown
Une semaine de combats sur la rive gauche de la Meuse; 10 mars (13 heures). --Guetteur aupres du cadavre d'un Allemand de la classe 1916, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

La bataille de Cannes, 1863. Creator: Francois-Nicolas Chifflart
La bataille de Cannes, 1863. Battle of Cannae. Episode of the 2nd Punic War which took place on 2 August 216 BC in the Puglia region (Italy)

Sketch for the Saint-Séverin church, St Clement, 1857. Creator: Pierre-Auguste Pichon
Sketch for the Saint-Severin church (5th arrondissement of Paris): Pope St Clement sending missionaries among the Gauls; angels recovering the body of St Clement from the sea

Sketch for the church of Saint-Eustache : the deposition from the cross, the burial of Christ, 1856. (Esquisse pour l'eglise Saint-Eustache : L'ensevelissement du Christ)

La Mort d'Agis, 1789. Creator: Nicolas Andre Monsiau
La Mort d'Agis, 1789. The Death of Agis. Scene inspired by Plutarch. The body of Agis, King of Sparta, who has just been strangled on the orders of Leonidas, lies on the ground

Pour l'Humanité, pour la Patrie, c1895. Creator: Jean Joseph Weerts
Pour l'Humanite, pour la Patrie, c1895. For Humanity, for the Homeland

Gens d'Ouessant veillant un enfant mort, c.1899. Creator: Charles Cottet
Gens d'Ouessant veillant un enfant mort, c.1899. Keeping vigil over a dead child, Ushant

Pyrame et Thisbé, c.1875. Creator: Franois Alfred Delobbe
Pyrame et Thisbe, c.1875. Pyramus and Thisbe

Pyrame et Thisbé, c.1875. Creator: Franois Alfred Delobbe
Pyrame et Thisbe, c.1875. Pyramus and Thisbe

Lamartine refusant le drapeau rouge devant l'Hôtel de Ville, c.1848. Creator: Felix Henri Emmanuel Philippoteaux
Lamartine refusant le drapeau rouge devant l'Hotel de Ville, c.1848. Lamartine rejecting the red flag in front of the Hotel de Ville. Revolution of 1848, Paris

Pietà. Creator: Hans Weiditz
Pieta

Monument with Dead Warrior and Angel, n.d. Creator: Joseph Nollekens
Monument with Dead Warrior and Angel, n.d

Nude Male Figures Bearing the Bodies of their Dead Companions, c. 1779. Creator: James Jefferys
Nude Male Figures Bearing the Bodies of their Dead Companions, c. 1779

En Champagne; Tranchee conquise a Perthes (octobre 1915) 1915. Creator: Francois Flameng
En Champagne; Tranchee conquise a Perthes (octobre 1915) 1915. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916"

Unwrapping the Mummy, before 1825. Creator: Harriet Cheney
Unwrapping the Mummy, before 1825. Scene in the Paris apartment of Dominique-Vivant Denon, diplomat, explorer, and director of the Musee du Louvre

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"Exploring the Mysteries of Death: A Journey through Art and History" Step into a world where life meets its inevitable end, as we delve into the captivating realm of death. From ancient anatomical drawings to haunting depictions of burial rituals, this collection offers a glimpse into humanity's fascination with mortality. Intricate illustrations from "De humani corporis fabrica" transport us back to 1555, showcasing the intricate network of brain blood vessels that sustain our thoughts and emotions. Meanwhile, South American cannibals in the 16th century remind us of the macabre practices surrounding death in different cultures. The Charge of the Light Brigade immortalizes bravery on the battlefield but also serves as a reminder of lives lost in combat. Antonio d Este's poignant artwork "Deposition" captures grief-stricken figures mourning their deceased loved ones after 1800. Hendrik Goltzius' masterpiece "The Dragon Devouring the Companions of Cadmus" depicts an allegorical representation of death itself, reminding us that it spares no one. Giovanni Battista Tiepolo's painting shows Saint Thecla praying for those afflicted by plague—a testament to humanity's struggle against deadly diseases throughout history. Transport yourself to Germany with an eerily restored reproduction depicting an old Germanic burial adorned with jewelry—an homage to our ancestors' beliefs about life beyond death. Witness Victor Hugo's body displayed under Paris' iconic Arc de Triomphe—a moment frozen in time from France's literary past. Marvel at Naqsh-e Rostam’s Rock Tomb of Darius I—its grandeur reminds us that even great rulers succumb to mortality. Finally, a heart-wrenching scene unfolds as a mother mourns her deceased son at his deathbed—an emotional portrayal capturing universal grief experienced across time and place. Through these diverse glimpses into art and history, we confront our own mortality while appreciating the beauty and complexity of life.