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The Kiss of Death (El Petó de la Mort in Catalan and El beso de la muerte in Spanish) is a marble sculpture found in Poblenou Cemetery in Barcelona. The sculpture is thought to have been created by Jaume Barba although others have claimed that it’s idea was conceived by Joan Fontbernat. The sculpture depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton planting a kiss on the forehead of a handsome young man.