
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
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/)
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





