# Vanitas Still Life

- By: Pieter Symonsz Potter (Enkhuizen, ca. –1652)
- Date: 1646
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: outer size: depth 7 cm (support incl. frame)
- Credit line: On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-C-204--ba41197fb2de1ac5323e284cdfb3a038)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/b4d52367915edbf58b04f8f7ce1be1a5.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

A document with the Dutch lion featuring prominently in the attached seal, a songbook, a flute, dice, a globe, an oil lamp, bubbles, and a skull: much in this still life reminds us of the frailty and transience of life. With the inclusion of the red seal, moreover, this painting seems to be a warning to treat the Republic’s existence with care: after all, nothing is certain!