Cartouche with Vanitas

Inventory number: CVH 99 bis
Bollaert & Moortgat

Oval cartouche on which there is a Vanitas still life: a skull, with a lute and a music book in its open mouth; beside it an hourglass and a candlestick with a snuffed-out candle; behind the skull there is a cup on a stem. The cartouche has a Baroque frame, which is depicted against a black surround.

Artist:

anonymous

Dating:

late 17th century

Material:

Black ink on paper

Dimensions:

188 x 149 mm

Place:

Plantin-Moretus-Museum, Antwerp

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