A RING FROM THE "VANITAS VANITATUM" SERIES. THE RING DEPICTS A STILL LIFE WITH A SKULL. STILL LIFE WITH A SKULL BELONGS TO THE GENRE OF PAINTING "VANITAS" OF THE BAROQUE ERA OF THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES. SUCH PAINTINGS WERE INTENDED TO REMIND OF THE TRANSIENCE OF LIFE, THE FUTILITY OF PLEASURE AND THE INEVITABILITY OF DEATH. INSIDE THE RING IS THE INSCRIPTION "MEMENTO MORI", WHICH MEANS "REMEMBER DEATH".