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AIDSGATE
Silence = Death Project
1987
The Angel of Death and the Sculptor from the Milmore Memorial
Daniel Chester French
1889–93, carved 1921–26
The Death of Socrates
Jacques Louis David
1787
Childhood (Dawn), from "The Four Ages of Man and Death with the Last Judgment"
Hieronymus (Jerome) Wierix
Before 1619
Youth (Midday), from "The Four Ages of Man and Death with the Last Judgment"
Hieronymus (Jerome) Wierix
Before 1619
Old Age (Night), from "The Four Ages of Man and Death with the Last Judgment"
Hieronymus (Jerome) Wierix
Before 1619
Adulthood (Evening), from "The Four Ages of Man and Death with the Last Judgment"
Hieronymus (Jerome) Wierix
Before 1619
Clock
Dubuc
1815–20
Germinating Osiris Brick
ca. 1100–300 B.C.
Crucifix
Austrian
ca. 1125–50
Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill
Pieter Claesz
1628
Brünnhilde's Death
Anselm Kiefer
1976
Double Bat-Head Figure Pendant
Chiriqui
11th–16th century
Bronze handle with nereids supporting a youth
Etruscan
4th century BCE
Ékwè ọ́zọ́ (ọ́zọ́ chieftancy stool)
Igbo artist
late 19th–early 20th century
The Hunters Return to the Castle (from the Unicorn Tapestries)
French (cartoon)/South Netherlandish (woven)
1495–1505
Portrait of a German Officer
Marsden Hartley
1914
Bis Pole
Asmat people
late 1950s
Helmet (rmog)
Mongolian
15th–17th century
Tomb Effigy of Elizabeth Boott Duveneck
Frank Duveneck
1891; cast 1927
The Triumph of Fame over Death
South Netherlandish
ca. 1500–1530
Mosaic of God of Death
Maya
600–800 CE
Virgin and Child
Joos van Cleve
ca. 1525
Allegory on the Death of George Washington
Jacques Kuyper
1800
Woman’s ceremonial robe
China
first half 18th century
Silver handle from a serving dish
Roman
early 3rd century CE
Death and Bonaparte, The Two Kings of Terror
Thomas Rowlandson
January 1, 1814
The Attarouthi Treasure - Chalice
Byzantine
500–650
Death and Bonaparte, The Two Kings of Terror
Thomas Rowlandson
January 1, 1814
Sterne and Death: "And When Death Himself Knocked at My Door"
Thomas Patch
[1768]
Death and Bonaparte, The Two Kings of Terror
Thomas Rowlandson
January 1, 1814
Terracotta kantharos (drinking cup)
Etruscan
ca. 325–300 BCE
Arch with Beasts
French
ca. 1150–75
The Fountain, No. 1: The Wounded Indian Slaking His Death Thirst
Thomas Cole
1843
Finial for a Buddhist staff (khatvanga)
China
early 15th century
The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
1760s
The Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry
The Limbourg Brothers
1405–1408/1409
Diptych with Death and Coronation of the Virgin
French
14th century
Quilt (or decorative throw), Crazy pattern
Tamar Horton Harris North
ca. 1877
The Martyr
Auguste Rodin
modeled 1885