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The Kiss of Death ( El petó de la mort in Catalan and El beso de la muerte in Spanish) is a marble sculpture located in Poblenou Cemetery in Barcelona. The sculpture is believed to have been crafted by Jaume Barba in 1930, as his signature is present on the side of the sculpture. However, some suggest that it might have been designed by Barba ...
Apr 20, 2021 · A marble statue of a winged skeleton kissing a dying man on the cheek, created in 1930 for the tomb of textile manufacturer Josep Llaudet Soler. The sculpture is a masterpiece of modern memento mori art and a symbol of the afterlife in the 18th-century cemetery.
Nov 9, 2021 · Known as el Petó de la Mort ( the Kiss of Death ), the sculpture was created in 1930 for the tomb of textile manufacturer Josep Llaudet Soler. The tomb is inscribed with a line verse by the ...
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The sculpture above the grave of Josep Llaudet Soler is often cited as Poblenou's best-known monument. Known as The Kiss of Death (El petó de la mort in Catalan or El beso de la muerte in Spanish), the work dates to 1930 and depicts a winged skeleton kissing the cheek of a young man's apparently lifeless body. The name of the artist Jaume ...
Oct 30, 2020 · The illustrator Carlos Ruiz Gallardo was inspired by the sculpture when designing for a collection of stories by Edgar Allen Poe; see the second illustration of “The Oval Portrait.” Andreu Martín i Alfonso López used a drawing of “The Kiss of Death” for the cover of their 2011 comic “Máxima Discreción.“
Mar 30, 2015 · The Kiss of Death Statue, or El beso de la muerte, by an unknown sculptor, which dates back to 1930, stands on the ancient cemetery of Poblenou in Barcelona. It portrays an angel of death bestowing a kiss upon the forehead of a young man, and is hidden in one of the farthest corners of the cemetery, as if someone wanted to hide it from prying eyes.
Jul 28, 2022 · Jaume Barba’s statue, El Peto de la Mort (the Kiss of Death), is one of the most intriguing sculptures in the Poblenou cemetery in Barcelona. It depicts a winged figure of death kissing the forehead of a young man, symbolizing his transition from life to death. The poem inscribed below it, written by Catalan poet Jacint Verdaguer, further ...
