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Memento Mori: Sickness and Death in European Art
Mourning Woman
Gallery 305 · ca. 1480 · Met web page
A wooden mourning woman carved in walnut around 1480 in the South Netherlands, with original polychromy and gilding. Her posture and gesture convey profound sorrow.
Gallery 305 → Gallery 305
To Mourning Woman
Remain in gallery 305. This wooden mourning woman is displayed in the same space as the alabaster mourners, creating a visual conversation between different materials and approaches to depicting grief.