minecraft:skeleton
- Artist
- Kristoffer Zetterstrand
- Added
- Alpha 1.1.1 · 2010
- Size
- 4×3 blocks · 64×48 px
- Category
- Video games
What it depicts
A white skeleton rises to full height, stepping free of a fallen body that slumps in a shapeless heap on the warm orange-ochre floor, a grey diamond-patterned wall behind it. The flat, graphic style and the wide horizontal format lend the scene a theatrical, comic-strip feel built around that moment of leaving the flesh behind.
The original artwork
- Original title
- Mortal Coil
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Year
- 2003
Bruno Martinez from Grim Fandango (1998) — confirmed by Zetterstrand on X/Twitter. confirmed
View the original →Sources: official in-game data and Kristoffer Zetterstrand interviews.
Three ways
How to get a painting
- 1
Craft one
Surround 1 wool of any colour with 8 sticks in a 3×3 grid. The colour doesn't matter — you get a random variant that fits the wall.
- 2
Trade for one
A Master-level Shepherd villager sells 3 paintings for 2 emeralds (100% chance).
- 3
Use a command
Pick any painting below and copy its /give or /summon command to place the exact variant you want — handy on creative or your own server.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The Mortal Coil painting is 4×3 blocks (64×48 px) in Minecraft Java 1.21.1.
The Mortal Coil painting was created by Kristoffer Zetterstrand.
Craft a random painting from 8 sticks + 1 wool, trade with a Master-level Shepherd, or place this exact variant with /give @s minecraft:painting[minecraft:painting/variant=skeleton].
Bruno Martinez from Grim Fandango (1998) — confirmed by Zetterstrand on X/Twitter.
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