The Last Breath is one of the genre paintings depicting the lives of fishermen and their families for which Josef Israëls was best known. In this scene, a woman is weeping over the body of her husband…
Mourning activities, Thebes, Egypt, ca. 1380 BCE. Sitting on the ground and putting dust on the head are expressions of mourning, as in this mural showing a widow with the mummy of her husband…