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Memento Mori: Death and Devotion in Northern Art
Memento Mori: Death and Devotion in Northern Art
Bones scattered at the foot of the cross, a sleeping Christ prefiguring death, a mother's sorrow—how Northern European painters confronted mortality through intimate devotional scenes
15 minutes
3 stops
A focused tour through three masterpieces of Northern Renaissance painting, all located in Gallery 537 of the European Sculpture and Decorative Arts wing. The tour explores how Netherlandish artists of the 15th and 16th centuries used religious imagery to meditate on death, loss, and the promise of resurrection.
Galleries: 537