Orior, by Ligozzi (1600, c.)

Orior, by Ligozzi (1600, c.)

In this image a female skeleton appears in the centre. On the left, a young man holds the skeleton's right arm and on the right a child is wrapped in a cloth.
The skeleton is clearly female, depicted with long wavy hair. The skeleton may even be represented as a mother, since the title in Latin (Orior) reads "I am born". The child represented on the right could either be a newborn or a soul. There could also be an element of self-portrait in this composition, in which death is mother, wife and destiny.

Ligozzi, Jacopo (1547 - c. 1626)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France
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Inventory number: 5039

1600, c.

Pen, brown and indigo wash, black chalk.
Dimensions: 27 × 20 cm