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Bartholomäus Bruyn the Elder — Vanitas Still Life with a Skull, Candle, and Hourglass
Bartholomäus Bruyn the Elder

Vanitas Still Life with a Skull, Candle, and Hourglass

A circular vanitas still life composition featuring traditional memento mori symbols including a skull, burning candle, and hourglass. The work conveys the transience of life through its carefully arranged symbolic objects.

Medium
oil on panel, circular, in an engaged frame

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Elegance & Wonder: Masterpieces from the Collection of Jordan and Thomas A. Saunders III

May 21, 2025

Estimate: $200,000$300,000

Lot 1

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Bartholomäus Bruyn the Elder, Vanitas Still Life with a Skull, Candle, and Hourglass

A circular vanitas still life composition featuring traditional memento mori symbols including a skull, burning candle, and hourglass. The work conveys the transience of life through its carefully arranged symbolic objects.

Medium
oil on panel, circular, in an engaged frame
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Vanitas, Symbolic, Skull, Memento Mori, Circular, Dark Tones, Allegory, Circular Format, Allegorical, Oil On Panel, 16th Century, German, Still Life, Renaissance