Grief Collection

Goodbye Old Man, solder and horse WWI
"Goodbye, Old Man" A World War One soldier gives his dying horse a parting kiss. Date: circa 1916

Grief
A woman holds her head in her arms in this camera study by Hugh Cecil depicting grief

USA, Louisiana, New Orleans. Metairie Cemetery, Fallen Angel at the Chapman-Hyams memorial

Irish Brigade memorial on Little Round Top, Gettysburg battlefield
Irish wolfhound on the monument to NYs Irish Brigade, Little Round Top, Gettysburg Battlefield. Photograph

Double bass propped against a wall, Cienfuegos, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Hiawatha / Minnehaha Dies
Hiawatha mourns the death of Minnehaha: " Seven long days & nights he sat there."

Depressed Sad Moody Woman Leaning Head Onto Arm Slouched Lean Back Of Chair Seated Depression Stress
UNITED STATES - Circa 1960s: Depressed Sad Moody Woman Leaning Head Onto Arm Slouched Lean Back Of Chair Seated Depression Stress

The Mourner, 1842 (oil on canvas)
3743874 The Mourner, 1842 (oil on canvas) by Etty, William (1787-1849); 63.5x48.3 cm; Nottingham City Museums and Galleries (Nottingham Castle); eNottingham City Museums & Galleries; English

Death of the Historical Buddha (Nehan-zu), 14th century. Creator: Unknown
Death of the Historical Buddha (Nehan-zu), 14th century

The Laying in the Tomb ( The Deposition / The Entombment ), 1602-1604. Mary of Clopas with her arms raised; Mary Magdalene with bowed head; Nicodemus grasps the legs of the dead Christ

GREECE: THEATRICAL MASK. Ancient Greek bronze mask of tragedy

The wailing women, 1922. Creator: Henry Traut
The wailing women, 1922. Paula Rendl as Mary Magdalene, Martha Veit as the Virgin Mary, Melchior Breitsamter as St John: players in the Oberammergau Passion Play

Aristotle crying, conceptual artwork
Aristotle crying. Conceptual artwork of a bust of the Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC), who is depicted here crying

A Rakes Progress, 1763; plate VIII of VIII. Artist: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress, 1763; plate VIII of VIII. True to his nature Tom Rakewell has run through a vast fortune through indulgence in all the luxuries of modern living

Pieta, oil on panel. Giovanni Bellini (1426-1516) Italian Renaissance painter. Mourning over the body of Christ before its entombment. Death Grief

Lonely woman

Christ the Comforter: Jesus consoling a grieving British war widow (colour litho)
7172504 Christ the Comforter: Jesus consoling a grieving British war widow (colour litho) by Copping

Deposition, after 1800. Creator: Antonio d Este
Deposition, after 1800. After a model by Antonio Canova

Douleur de Marie-Madeleine (Grief of Mary Magdalene) (litho)
3099043 Douleur de Marie-Madeleine (Grief of Mary Magdalene) (litho) by Lefebvre

Death Of Socrates, 469 - 399 B.C. Engraved By F. Finden After H. Corbould, From The Book A History Of Greece By Connop Thirlwall Bishop Of St. Davids

Embossed Victorian mourning card, James Woodhead
Embossed Victorian mourning card, with a woman and a girl grieving at a tomb in a cemetery

Woman sitting in chair, rubbing her feet
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Woman sitting in chair, rubbing her feet

Christ Crucified with Saint Mary and Saint Catherine
DGA755168 Christ Crucified with Saint Mary and Saint Catherine, 16th century fresco by unknown author, Church of Nativita della Beata Vergine Maria, San Chirico Raparo (Potenza), Basilicata

Sad Journey, by Rafaela Facile
DGA540196 Sad Journey, by Rafaela Facile; Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, Lazio, Italy; (add.info.: Sad journey, by Raffaele Faccioli (1845-1916)

The Arabian Nights, illustration by Edmund Dulac. The Story of the Princess of Deryabar. She found to her grief the place where Codadad had lain left vacant. Date: 1907

The Tempest by William Shakespeare. Act V, scene I. Alonso: Give me your hands: Let grief and sorrow still embrace his heart that does not wish you joy. Alonso with Ferdinand and Miranda

Breton Women in Mourning, 1903. Creator: Charles Cottet
Breton Women in Mourning, 1903

Calvary, 1475. Creator: Antonello da Messina
Calvary, 1475

The Lamentation over the Dead Christ, mid-16th century. Creator: Adriaen Isenbrandt
The Lamentation over the Dead Christ, mid-16th century. Mary Magdalene applies ointment to the feet

The Lamentation over the Dead Christ, c1630s. Creator: Anthony van Dyck
The Lamentation over the Dead Christ, c1630s

The Lamentation over the Dead Christ, c1640. Creator: Anthony van Dyck
The Lamentation over the Dead Christ, c1640

Icon, c1470-1600. Creator: Anon
Icon, c1470-1600

Pieta, 1909. Creator: Jakob Smits
Pietà, 1909

Calvary, 1832. Creator: Nicaise de Keyser
Calvary, 1832

The Lamentation over the Dead Christ, c1630s. Creator: Anthony van Dyck
The Lamentation over the Dead Christ, c1630s

Pieta, 1866. Creator: Charles Verlat
Pietà, 1866

Mater Dolorosa, 1st half of the 16th century. Creator: Anon
Mater Dolorosa, 1st half of the 16th century

Calvary, 17th century. Creator: Anon
Calvary, 17th century

The Passion of Christ, 17th century. Creator: Anon
The Passion of Christ, 17th century

Mater Dolorosa, 1620. Creator: Cornelis de Vos
Mater Dolorosa, 1620

Calvary, 1565. Creator: Lambert van Noort
Calvary, 1565

The Abbess visited by Death. Series The Dance
The Abbess visited by Death. Facsimile of an engraving, belonging to the series The Dance of Death by Hans Holbein the Younger, in Les Simulachres et Histoires facees de la Mort, 1538

Anne of Brittany (1477-1514). Queen consort of
Anne of Brittany (1477-1514). Duchess of Brittany (1488-1514) and twice Queen consort of France (1491-1498, 1499-1514). Court of the Ladies of Queen Anne of Brittany

Man of Sorrows by the Column, from the series "The Little Passion"
STM752748 Man of Sorrows by the Column, from the series "The Little Passion", 1509 (engraving) by Dürer or Duerer, Albrecht (1471-1528); 12x7.6 cm; Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri

Oratory of the Chapel of the White Penitents, Tende, 2024 (photo)
JPP9020823 Oratory of the Chapel of the White Penitents, Tende, 2024 (photo) by Canavesio, Giovanni (fl.1450-1500) ; (add.info.: Tende Perched on a mountainside 800 meters above sea level)

Lamentation, c.1510-15 (oil on panel)
STM621112 Lamentation, c.1510-15 (oil on panel) by Provoost, Jan (c.1465-1529); 29.2x22.9 cm; Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri, USA; Saint Louis Art Museum

Crucifixion, c.1510-15 (oil on panel)
STM621104 Crucifixion, c.1510-15 (oil on panel) by Provoost, Jan (c.1465-1529); 29.2x22.9 cm; Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri

Picture series German fairy tales, Snow White, Liebig picture, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from around 1900, public domain, exact date unknown

Picture series Sayings and Wisdom, Sic transit gloria mundi, so passes the glory of the world, Liebig picture, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from ca 1900

American Indian, Native American, widow from the Chippeway tribe, a tribe of the Algonquin language family that was indigenous south of the Great Lakes, south of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior

European or Mediterranean black widow, Latrodectus tredecimguttatus, Malmignatte or Karakur, a spider of the crested web spider family, Illustration from 1890, Historical

Peasants harvesting the grain of a widow in a mountainous landscape, neighbourhood help, with an evening scene of a sleeping child and a woman in the inset, Historical

All's well that ends well. Act V Scene III Rousillon The Count's palace. King, Countess Lafeu, Bertram, Helena, Diana, lords, servants and widow

Henry Stuart Lord Darnley left 1545 to 1567 second man of Mary Queen of Scots

A live oak in Magnolia Cemetery, a historic rural cemetery in Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 1890, Historic

The tomb of Washington. Mount Vernon USA
The tomb of Washington

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"Grief: A Universal Language of Loss and Sorrow" In the depths of sorrow, we bid farewell to the old man, a soldier and his loyal horse, forever etched in the annals of WWI. Their sacrifice echoes through time, just as the Irish Brigade memorial stands tall on Little Round Top at Gettysburg battlefield. Across oceans and continents, grief knows no boundaries. In Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, USA, an angel weeps for those lost souls at the Chapman-Hyams memorial. The weight of sadness transcends cultures and languages. From Hiawatha's heartbreak to Minnehaha's demise, love mourns its own demise. Tilda Swinton's haunting portrayal in Derek Jarman's Caravaggio (1986) captures the essence of melancholy that engulfs us all at times. Depression casts its shadow upon a woman slouched in her chair; her head rests heavily on her arm as she battles with inner demons. The double bass propped against a wall in Cienfuegos speaks volumes about unspoken sorrows lingering within Cuba's vibrant streets. Art has long been a vessel for expressing grief - Saint Mary Magdalene penitent silently confesses her pain through brushstrokes on canvas from 1625-27. While Henry Traut's wailing women unleash their anguish onto paper in 1922. Michelangelo Caravaggio immortalizes "The Laying in the Tomb" with masterful strokes from 1602-1604 - capturing both despair and hope intertwined within our mortal coil. Even ancient Greece recognized grief as an intrinsic part of human existence - bronze masks depicting tragedy remind us that sorrow is woven into our collective narrative since time immemorial. Grief unites us all; it is an emotion that traverses borders and eras alike. Whether bidding adieu to fallen soldiers or mourning lost loved ones, we find solace in the shared experience of sorrow.