Renrams

recently saw this screenshot in the wild and lost my mind because i knew it wasnt supposed to say girl. its ladykins. its get off the cross ladykins. i know this because ladykins is not something my brain could make up and i remember ladykins. and i was sincerely wondering if someone put in the work to censor ladykins for some inscrutable purposes but then i looked it up and

The Death of Emperor Ferdinand III as an Allegory of Transience (around 1660)

Daniel Neuberger (1621, Augsburg – 1680, Regensburg)

Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna

This work is a memorial and allegorical devotional object dedicated to the death of Emperor Ferdinand III. In the 17th century, such compositions were used as meditative objects encouraging reflection on the transience of life (memento mori tradition).

Place of origin: Vienna (Wien)

Object type: devotional image (Andachtsbild); wax relief composition (Wachsbossierung)

Materials and Technique: Wax, lead, glass, shell, dried flowers, parchment; oak wood with ebony veneer (frame); spruce wood (core structure)

Dimensions: 25 × 34 × 11 cm (object), 37.2 × 47.5 × 17.5 cm (frame)

Inscription: Latin inscription: “VIVI”

Artistic Characteristics: mixed-media construction (wax combined with organic and fragile materials) creating a highly illusionistic scene; strong emphasis on detail and naturalism; intensive symbolic meaning related to death, decay, and the fragility of existence; characteristic Baroque dramatic visual language

Landscape near Trouville - Gustave Caillebotte , 1881.

French , 1848-1894

The Hayfield

Artist: Ford Madox Brown (British, 1821–1893)

Date: 1855-1856

Medium: Oil paint on mahogany