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Dark still life painting of a skull on sheet music beside a violin, open book, quill in inkwell, and hourglass.

Vanitas stilleven

A dark vanitas still life shows a human skull resting on crumpled sheets of printed music, beside a violin, an open book, an hourglass, and a quill in an inkwell. On a dark draped tablecloth, with a shadowed background and light from the left, a tall metal vessel and a red-bound volume sit at right.

Artist
N.L. Peschier
Date
1660
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 3213 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1660.
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

Español: Bodegón de vanitas con cráneo, violín y partituras

Un bodegón de vanitas muestra un cráneo humano apoyado sobre partituras arrugadas, junto a un violín, un libro abierto, un reloj de arena y una pluma en un tintero. Sobre un mantel oscuro y drapeado, con fondo en sombra y luz desde la izquierda, se ven una vasija metálica alta y un volumen de tapa roja a la derecha.

Português: Natureza-morta de vanitas com crânio, violino e partituras

Uma natureza-morta de vanitas mostra um crânio humano sobre partituras amassadas, ao lado de um violino, um livro aberto, uma ampulheta e uma pena em um tinteiro. Sobre uma toalha escura e drapeada, com fundo sombrio e luz vinda da esquerda, veem-se à direita um vaso metálico alto e um volume de capa vermelha.

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