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Memento Mori: Sickness and Death in European Art
Rosary
Gallery 306 · ca. 1500–1525 · Met web page
A German rosary from around 1500-1525 made of ivory and silver, where each bead shows a living person on one side and a skeleton on the other. A powerful memento mori object designed for daily prayer.
Gallery 305 → Gallery 306
To Rosary
Move to the adjacent gallery 306, where this rosary is displayed. The transition from the large mourning sculptures to this intimate, portable object marks a shift from public to private meditation on death.