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Vanitas
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Watches
Books
Quills
Skulls
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Food
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Media
GG_9035
Title
Vanitas
Creator
Pieter Claesz
Date Created
1656
Publisher
Kunst Historisches Museum
Identifier
Gemäldegalerie, 9035
Medium
oil, panel
Physical Dimensions
39.5 x 60.5 cm
Source
https://www.khm.at/en/artworks/vanitas-stillleben-478-1
focus
What are the objects to the right of the books, under the quill? Is that a walnut to the right of the watch? Clay dish with burning something. Is the book a musical composition? Glass overturned. Skull with bone, not alone.
