Coat of Arms with a Skull — Albrecht Dürer | DiscoverArt

Albrecht Dürer

Coat of Arms with a Skull

1503

Engraving

21.9 × 5.8 cm (8.6 × 2.3 in)

SEE IT IN PERSON

In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York — check current display status with the museum.

View at metmuseum.org ↗︎Plan a visit ↗︎

Discover

Your feed Blog Museums & galleries Saved works

You

Account Community guidelines

DiscoverArt

A taste-graph discovery engine for art. Every work shown is a real object in a real museum — artwork images courtesy of their institutions’ open-access programs.

© Discover Art 2026Terms of Use Privacy Policy Cookie Policy

Discussion

Be the first to share your thoughts.

Sign in to join the discussion.

More by Albrecht Dürer

Portrait of a Clergyman (Johann Dorsch?)

Portrait of a Clergyman (Johann Dorsch?)

Salvator Mundi

Madonna and Child [obverse]

Madonna and Child [obverse]

Lot and His Daughters [reverse]

Lot and His Daughters [reverse]

Portrait of a Woman, Said to Be Caritas Pirckheimer (1467–1532)

Portrait of a Woman, Said to Be Caritas Pirckheimer (1467–15

Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

Virgin and Child

Virgin and Child

Saint Jerome and the Lion

Saint Jerome and the Lion

More like this

Coat of Arms with a Skull

Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) — Coat of Arms with a Sku

Couple and Death with a Drum, from The Dance of Death

Allaert Claesz. — Couple and Death with a Drum, from The Dan

Child with Three Skulls (reverse copy)

Barthel Beham — Child with Three Skulls (reverse copy)

A Fool and a Woman

Lucas van Leyden — A Fool and a Woman

Coat-of-Arms of Death, from The Dance of Death

Hans Holbein the Younger|Hans Lützelburger — Coat-of-Arms of

Death and the Devil Surprising Two Women

Daniel Hopfer — Death and the Devil Surprising Two Women

Death's coat of arms, from the Dance of Death

Hans Holbein the Younger|Wenceslaus Hollar — Death's coat of

Death Appearing to a Wedded Couple from an Open Grave

Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) — Death Appearing to a Wedded

Engraved copies of The Little Passion

Abraham Waesberge|Albrecht Dürer — Engraved copies of The Li

A vulture eating the innards of Titius, Cupid above two women to the left, set within and elaborate frame, from "Loves, Rages and Jealousies of Juno"

Giulio Bonasone — A vulture eating the innards of Titius, Cu

St. Mary Magdalene in the Clouds (copy)

Lucas van Leyden — St. Mary Magdalene in the Clouds (copy)

Solomon's Idolatry

Lucas van Leyden — Solomon's Idolatry