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Playful memento mori stucco unveiled at Bamberg abbey chapel

Original: Death leans forward, pipe in hand, blowing bubbles across the ceiling — a strange, almost playful memento mori carved in

A striking stucco carving by Johann Georg Leinberger, made around 1729, is drawing attention online: it depicts Death leaning forward, pipe in hand, blowing bubbles across a ceiling. The work adorns the Holy Grave Chapel at Michaelsberg Abbey in Bamberg, Germany, and is being shared as an unusually playful memento mori, with commenters charmed by its mix of mortality and whimsy.

Why now: The unusual, whimsical depiction of Death in a Baroque stucco work is circulating as a surprising piece of art history.

Johann Georg LeinbergerMichaelsberg AbbeyBambergHoly Grave ChapelGermany

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• Death leans forward, pipe in hand, blowing bubbles across the ceiling — a strange, almost playful memento mori carved into plaster by Johann Georg Leinberger around 1729. It's part of the Holy Grave Chapel at Michaelsberg Abbey in Bamberg, Germany. By # ArtArtistArtwork #… · Adrenochrome · 47

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