Memento Mori: Sickness and Death in European Art

Island of the Dead

Gallery 800 · Arnold Böcklin · 1880 · Met web page

Island of the Dead, by Arnold Böcklin, 1880. Oil painting depicting a mysterious island with a coffin and shrouded figure.

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Take the elevator to Floor 2. Walk through gallery 341 and take the elevator to gallery 800 in the European Sculpture and Decorative Arts section.