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Vanitas Still Life  1629

by J Falk

Popular among the Dutch, vanitas still life painting is based on the theme of death's inevitability. The symbolic meaning of the skull is obvious, while the rose and the oil lamp both serve as metaphors of life's brevity and fragility. The meaning is underscored by the Latin inscription: "All that is human is smoke, shadow, vanity and the picture of a stage." [[url=http://...
Size: 
18-1/8 x 15 in.
Medium: 
Oil on panel
Credit: 
Public Domain, Courtesy of the Indianapolis Museum of Art

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