Allegory of Death
Tomás Mondragón, 1856Fine art reproduction on 200gsm matte paper. A5 to A2, plus 12x16 and 18x24 inches.Este es el espejo que no te engaña. This is the mirror which does not deceive you.
Mexican painter Tomás Mondragón painted this vanitas in 1856. On the left, a young woman stands at her dressing table in a gown of roses. On the right, she is a skeleton in a graveyard. Above her, a hand in the clouds cuts the thread of her life.
The original hangs in the Pinacoteca de La Profesa, Mexico City.
The look
Rose pinks, deep blue drapery and the bone-pale skeleton against a dark graveyard. Striking, beautiful and unforgettable. Memento mori wall art suited to a goth bedroom, a dressing room or a dark academia hallway.
Sizes
| Size | Centimetres | Inches |
|---|---|---|
| A5 | 14.8 x 21 cm | 5.8 x 8.3 in |
| A4 | 21 x 29.7 cm | 8.3 x 11.7 in |
| A3 | 29.7 x 42 cm | 11.7 x 16.5 in |
| A2 | 42 x 59.4 cm | 16.5 x 23.4 in |
| 12 x 16 in | 30.5 x 40.6 cm | 12 x 16 in |
| 18 x 24 in | 45.7 x 61 cm | 18 x 24 in |
This painting stops at A2. Above that size the original photograph loses the fine detail of the brushwork, so the shop does not offer it.
Custom sizes on request. Inch sizes have a slightly different shape from A sizes, so the edges trim a little. Size guide
Frames and delivery
Choose a black, white or oak frame, or order the print unframed. It is printed locally in the UK, Europe, the US, Canada or Australia, at the location closest to you. Free tracked shipping, no customs fees. Printing and delivery
Gifting
A striking gift for a birthday or a new home. Beauty and mortality, side by side.
More like this
More memento mori in our Gothic Memento Mori Art collection: Garden of Death by Hugo Simberg, Memento Mori by William Harnett and Death on a Pale Horse by Albert Pinkham Ryder.
