Mourning portraits
id:
mourning-portraits-246-3765178
title:
Mourning portraits
text:
A mourning portrait or deathbed portrait is a portrait of a person who has recently died, usually shown on their deathbed, or lying in repose, displayed for mourners. These were not rare in European homes of well-to-do people as a way of remembering and honoring the dead. People were generally laid out in their best clothes with some sort of special headdress, and some sort of token in their hands. Today these portraits give insights into old funeral customs, but also various types of informatio
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Portrait of a person who has recently died
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_portraits
date created:
date modified:
2024-01-09T04:54:36Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q24205322","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24205322"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Posmrtn%C3%BD_portr%C3%A9t_K._Horvath-Stansithovej%2C_rod._Kissovej.jpeg","width":800,"height":777}
fields total:
13
integrity:
15