[1] The sculpture serves as an example of memento mori, portraying death as a winged skeleton bestowing a kiss on the forehead of a young man.

The base of the tombstone features a verse from Jacint Verdaguer, a prominent Catalan poet.

[1] The verse expresses the idea that the person's youthful heart can no longer continue, their blood slows and freezes, their spirit embraces lost faith, and they feel the kiss of death as they fall.

It is frequently mentioned that the sculpture served as inspiration for Ingmar Bergman's film, The Seventh Seal.

In doing so, the tombstone portrays the young person's reaction to death, leaving the interpretation of their expression as either ecstatic or horrified uncertainty.