La Vie et la Mort, Leben und Tod (life and death) postcard c. 1900-10
"As a young couple bid a poignant fair well to each other in this turn of the century interpretation of the vanitas theme. The phrase "Vanitas vanitatum omnia Vanitas" comes from the bible (Ecclesiates I) and is translated as "vanity of vanities; all is vanity", a moralistic invitation to dwell not on the pursuit of earthly pleasures but on the necessity of eternal salvation."
I'm including this into my research as the skull is being used as a symbolised message it's trying to get across to the viewer.
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