Cartouche with Vanitas

Inventory number: CVH 99
Bollaert & Moortgat

Oval cartouche on which a Vanitas still life with skull is depicted, in a Baroque frame on a black background. The skull, next to an hourglass, is lying on an open book; at the back is a slip of paper with the inscription 'Mors meta laborum'.

Artist:

anonymous

Dating:

late 17th century

Material:

Black ink on paper

Dimensions:

167 x 128 mm

Marks :

Inscription in the oval cartouche, at the back, on a (signed) strip of paper.

Place:

Plantin-Moretus-Museum, Antwerp

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