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Vanitas Still Life - Jacques de Claeuw (1650)
Title
Vanitas Still Life
Creator
Jacques de Claeuw
Date Created
1650
Location
Dutch
Publisher
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Identifier
SK-A-1444
Medium
oil, panel
Physical Dimensions
54 x 71 cm
Source
https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/20027970
focus
Jesus on the cross! Tipped over glass and skull. Does the violin have strings? The quill is in the inkwell upside down. Fabric covering the globe. Again with the burning rope. It looks like the skull is being stabbed in the eye. Bent/curled pages.
