Vanitasstilleven met de Doornuittrekker ('spinario')

Claesz., Pieter (1597/1598-1660)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1628

Height:

70.0 cm  (27 9/16 in.)

Width:

80.0 cm  (31 1/2 in.)

monogrammed and dated "PC 1628" on the bottom, left

Technique / Medium:

oil on panel

Additional titles

Description

In an interior a table with a reproduction of the "Spinario" (Rome, Musei Capitolini), several elements related to the visual arts (books with drawings, the sculpture, palette and brushes, maulstick etc...), skull and other bones, a glass and a clock, and on the floor in the foreground musical instruments: a violin, a lute, a crumhorn and a recorder.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Violin [3573]
Bow [2207]
Lute [3394] (turned over)
Crumhorn [4189]
Recorder [4039] (only the last three holes and bell visible)

RIdIM images

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Vermeer, Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch art: masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum (Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery; Douglas and McIntyre, 2009) 46-47. ISBN 9781553654711.

Vroom, N.R.A. A modest message as intimated by the painters of the 'Monochrome Banketje' (Schiedam, The Netherlands: Interbook International, 1980) n. 52. ISBN: 9063970293.

Thiel, P.J.J. van. All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam: a completely illustrated catalogue (Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum; Maarssen: G. Schwartz, 1976) 168. ISBN: 9061790107.

RIdIM record id

2884