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Vanitas Still Life
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Title
Vanitas Still Life
Creator
Edwaert Collier
Date Created
1676
Location
Dutch
Publisher
Mauritshuis
Identifier
810
Medium
oil, panel
Physical Dimensions
19.5 x 17 cm
Source
https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/our-collection/artworks/810-vanitas-still-life
focus
Translate the writing on the paper. Why is the skull upside down? Is that a fancy inkwell? Does the cloth indicate wealth? Hourglass is empty--connection to upside down skull?
