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Vanitas Still Life
Item
Item sets
Gold
Skulls
Flowers
Hourglasses
Bubbles
Media
https://api.nga.gov/iiif/b3bd3733-ff46-4863-87e5-caeecca56d41/full/!800,800/0/default.jpg
Title
Vanitas Still Life
Creator
Jan van Kessel
Date Created
1665
Location
Flemish
Publisher
The National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.)
Identifier
1995.74.2
Medium
Oil, copper
Physical Dimensions
20.3 x 15.2 cm
Source
https://www.nga.gov/artworks/93323-vanitas-still-life
focus
Bugs! What is on top of the hourglass? What kind of bugs? Why is the skull wearing a gold wreath? Some flowers not yet blooming, others wilting. Stone table rather than wood or cloth. What's the gold thing next to the glass vase?
