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Woman in white satin dress in a stone window niche with a skull on a book, roses, a potted plant and a red patterned carpet.

Allegory of Transience

A woman in a white satin dress stands within a stone window niche, holding roses in her lap, while beside her a skull rests on an open book atop a richly patterned red carpet. A potted plant with pink blossoms and a small seated figure complete the still life against a dark background.

Artist
attributed to Willem van Mieris, Frans van Mieris (I) [rejected attribution]
Date
1670-1681
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3102 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1681.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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