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A skull, a glass vase of flowers, an hourglass, and two small dishes are arranged on a charcoal-gray ledge against a fawn-brown background in this vertical still life painting. Soap bubbles float around the objects to our right, and several insects alight on the flowers or ledge. At the center of the composition, the dark, parchment-colored skull is missing the lower jaw and front teeth, and the crown is wrapped with a single stalk of wheat. To our right of the skull and tucked in near the hollow of the cheek, a short, glass vase with a bulbous bottom, narrow neck, and slightly flaring lip…

Vanitas Still Life

Jan van Kessel the Elder (Flemish, 1626 - 1679)

c. 1665/1670 · oil on copper

National Gallery of Art · Gift of Maida and George Abrams

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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