A Vanitas Still Life With Books And Leaflets
Edwaert CollierLandscape · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1707)
Specifications
- Nationality / school
- Dutch
- Lifespan
- 1640–1707
About the artwork
This page presents "A Vanitas Still Life With Books And Leaflets", created by Edwaert Collier. Still Life in brief: Later artists, including Cézanne, Matisse, and Picasso, used humble still-life subjects to test ideas about space and form. Dutch vanitas paintings used objects such as skulls, candles, and wilting flowers to remind viewers that time passes. The catalogue places it in Still Life. The format is landscape.
"A Vanitas Still Life With Books And Leaflets" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A landscape format suits wide, low wall spaces such as the stretch above a bed, mantel, or sideboard. Browsing works by the same artist, or from the same period, is a good way to compare styles before choosing what suits your space.
About the artist
Dutch, 1640–1707
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