Vanitas Still Life

Creator Name

Schoor, Aelbert Jansz van der;
Schoor, Aelbert Jansz. van der

Cultural Context

Date

third quarter 17th century

Source

Rijksmuseum

About the work

Rijksmuseum Object Description

Vanitas stilleven met schedels, botten, rozen, een zandloper en een brandende kaars op een stenen tafel of plint. Tegen de muur een plankje met documenten met zegels en boeken.

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Title

Vanitas Still Life

Creator

Schoor, Aelbert Jansz van der, painter;
Schoor, Aelbert Jansz. van der, schilder

Worktype

painting; schilderij

Cultural Context

Material

canvas; doek; oil paint (paint); olieverf

Dimensions

support: height: 63.5cm;
drager: hoogte: 63.5cm;
support: width: 73cm;
drager: breedte: 73cm;
outer size: depth: 7cm;
buitenmaat: diepte: 7cm

Technique

Language

Date

third quarter 17th century

Provenance

…; ? anonymous sale [section Rotteveel], Amsterdam (C.F. Roos et al.), 26 January 1869 _sqq._, no. 213 (‘Doodshoofden’), fl. 5.25, to Hopman;{Copy RKD.} sale, Jan Hendrick Cremer (1813-1885, Arnhem and Ixelles), Amsterdam (F. Muller et al.), 26 October 1886, no. 81, fl. 149.50, to R.W.P. de Vries, for the museum{NHA, ARS, IS, inv. 166, nos. 100-01 (25 October 1886), 102 (26 October 1886).}

Style Period

Rights

Public Domain; CC0

Public Domain Mark 1.0; CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)

Inscription

AB vander Schoor; centre left, on the base of the column (A and B ligated)

Location

Source

Rijksmuseum

Subjects

'Vanitas' still life; death's head, skull (symbol of Death); hourglass; still life; stilleven

Topic

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Schoor, Aelbert Jansz van der, Vanitas Still Life, third quarter 17th century, Rijksmuseum, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. Public Domain Mark 1.0; CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0).

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