Vanitas Still Life

Artist: Cornelis Brise
Artwork: Vanitas Still Life
Description: This painting is a vanitas still life, a genre of painting that flourished in the Netherlands in the 17th century. Vanitas paintings typically include symbols of mortality and the transience of life, such as skulls, clocks, and wilted flowers. This painting includes a number of these symbols, including a skull, a clock, a wilted bouquet of flowers, and a snuffed-out candle. The painting is a reminder that even in the midst of life’s pleasures, death is always near.
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