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Memento Mori: Sickness and Death in European Art
Rosary Terminal Bead with Lovers and Death's Head
Gallery 307 · ca. 1500–1525 · Met web page
A rosary terminal bead from around 1500-1525 showing lovers on one side and a death's head on the other, with an emerald pendant. A compact memento mori combining love and mortality.
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Move to gallery 307, where this small but powerful bead is displayed. The transition from the large stained glass panel to this intimate object reflects the range of ways people engaged with mortality—from public commemoration to private devotion.