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Still life with a skull, lit candle, stacked books, handwritten music sheets, quill and inkwell on a dark table against an ochre wall.

Vanitas Still Life with Books

A dark still life on a wooden table shows a yellowed skull on the left beside a lit brass candlestick. Stacked books, open pages with handwritten music, a quill and inkwell, and a folded letter with a red seal fill the right side against a warm ochre background.

Artist
anoniem
Date
1633
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3794 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1633.
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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