Vanitas stilleven

Lievensz., Jan (1607-1674)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1628-1631

Height:

91.0 cm  (35 13/16 in.)

Width:

120.0 cm  (47 1/4 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on panel

Place of creation:

Leiden

Additional titles

Description

A still life with several objects on display: on a marble support a glass with water, a dish with a bread, several books stacked, a globe and a lute case. Perhaps the instrument is still inside the case.

Iconclass

11R6
'Vanitas' still life

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394] (with lute case)

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Thiel, P.J.J. van. All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam: a completely illustrated catalogue (Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum; Maarssen: G. Schwartz, 1976) 473. ISBN: 9061790107.

Vroom, N.R.A. A modest message as intimated by the painters of the monochrome banketje (Schiedam: Interbook International, 1980) n. 667. ISBN 9063970293.

Wallert, Arie. "Drie halen, één betalen", Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum 54/2 (2006) 144-153.

Straten, Roelof van and Ingrid Moerman. Rembrandts Leidse tijd, 1606-1632 (Leiden: Foleor, 2005) 58-59, plate 65. ISBN: 9075035217.

RIdIM record id

2907