Subject
Corpse
Corpse is a subject in art. The gallery holds 95 works in this subject in art, including works by Edgar Degas, Jacques-Louis David and Édouard Manet.
A cadaver, often known as a corpse, is a dead human body. Cadavers are used by medical students, physicians and other scientists to study anatomy, identify disease sites, determine causes of death, and provide tissue to repair a defect in a living human being.
Key artists
Works
The Dead Toreador
Isle of the Dead
The Dead Christ with Angels
The Ages and Death
Oedipus and the Sphinx
Cleopatra Testing Poisons on Condemned Prisoners
The Death of Cleopatra
Untitled
Christ as the Suffering Redeemer
The First Mourning
The Death of Marat
Autopsy
Dramatic Scene with Monks in a Crypt
David and Goliath
The Death of Caesar
Dead Christ Supported by Two Angels
The Discovery of the Body of Holofernes
Héroïsme des marins du vaisseau Le Vengeur commandés par le capitaine Renaudin
Throat-cutting
Battle of Somosierra, November 30, 1808
The Death of Adonis
The Defense of Paris
Battle of Hoff, February 6, 1807
Hunting Still Life
A Battle Scene
The Death of Cleopatra
Skeletons fighting over a Hanged Man
Still Life with Dead Birds, Cage and Net
Lamentation over the Dead Christ
Still Life with Partridges
Retrato mortuorio del obispo de Narciso Martínez Izquierdo
Portrait of Peter the Great on his Death-Bed
Portrait of Peter the Great on his Death-Bed
Portrait of Count Alexander Stroganov on His Death-Bed
Portrait of a Dead Woman
Lamentation of Christ
Kunstnerens døde moder
The Coronation of Inês de Castro in 1361
Dead Birds
Muerte del príncipe de Viana
Kaiser Franz Joseph I. auf dem Sterbebett
A Man at His Death Bed
Saint Stephen
Still Life with Sculpture
Titian Lying in State at the Palazzo Barbarigo
Portret van een onbekende oude vrouw op haar doodsbed
Head of Christ
Head of the Fallen Jockey (study for "Scene from the Steeplechase: The Fallen Jockey")
The Corpse (Study for The Dead Christ)
A Girl on Her Deathbed with a Crown of Flowers
The Wandering Jew
The Death of Chatterton
The Premature Burial
Study of the Head of a Corpse
Study of a Dead Zulu
Bohdan Zaleski on His Deathbed
Christ as the Man of Sorrows
The Tomb
Le Maraudeur
Resurrection, or The Frighted Nurse
Folding the Linen (Le pliage du linge)
Pardon...je suis courtier de commerce...
Die Hertzoginn (The Duchess)
Death of the Vagabond (La mort du vagabond)
Daniel Featley
Il corpo di Luciano Manara visitato dai soldari (The Body of Luciano Manara Visited by Soldiers)
L'Apoplexie allant remplacer a Londres la paralysie
Christ as the Man of Sorrows
L'ami d'un grand homme
Un cauchemar de M. Bismarck
Dead Kabyle (Kabyle mort)
Et pendant ce temps-là ils continuent à affirmer qu'elle ne s'est jamais mieux portée!
Indifferent (Indifférente)
The sculptor (Resurrection)
Death of Paolo and Francesca
Tête de cadavre
Fish
Three Studies for the Dead Christ
Child's Tombstone in the Churchyard of St. Devereux, Kilpeck
Sinucigașul
Sketch of the Dead Christ Lying by the Sepulchre
Reviving
Head of a Guillotined Man
Théodore Géricault on His Deathbed
Pieta
Kunstnerens døde moder
Dance of Death: The Duchess
The Body of Christ in the Sepulchre
My Portrait in the Year 1960
Love and Death, Plate 10
Help Russia
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Frequently asked questions
What is Corpse?
Corpse is a subject in art. A cadaver, often known as a corpse, is a dead human body.
How many Corpse works does Artifact World Gallery have?
Artifact World Gallery holds 95 public-domain Corpse works, all free to view and download.
Who are the key Corpse artists?
Key Corpse artists in the collection include Edgar Degas, Jacques-Louis David and Édouard Manet.
Where can I see Corpse works?
Corpse works in the collection are held by National Gallery of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art and Museo del Prado.