Cartouche with Vanitas

Inventory number: CVH 100
Bollaert & Moortgat

Vanitas still life with a skull on sheets of music and a book, with a flute beside it; on the left, next to the skull, is an hourglass, and on the right a candlestick with snuffed-out candle. The whole is situated in an oval cartouche with a Baroque-style frame.

Artist:

anonymous

Dating:

late 17th century

Material:

Black ink on paper

Dimensions:

164 x 128 mm

Place:

Plantin-Moretus-Museum, Antwerp

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