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Edwaert Collier — Vanitas still life with a violin, silver incense burner, globe, sword, box of jewelry, and manuscripts
Edwaert Collier

Vanitas still life with a violin, silver incense burner, globe, sword, box of jewelry, and manuscripts

A Vanitas still life composition featuring symbolic objects including a violin, silver incense burner, globe, sword, jewelry box, and manuscripts, typical of the Vanitas genre's meditation on mortality and the transience of worldly possessions.

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Vanitas still life with a violin, silver incense burner, globe, sword, box of jewelry, and manuscripts

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Master Paintings

May 20, 2021

Estimate: $200,000$300,000

Lot 60

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Edwaert Collier, Vanitas still life with a violin, silver incense burner, globe, sword, box of jewelry, and manuscripts

A Vanitas still life composition featuring symbolic objects including a violin, silver incense burner, globe, sword, jewelry box, and manuscripts, typical of the Vanitas genre's meditation on mortality and the transience of worldly possessions.

Medium
Vanitas still life with a violin, silver incense burner, globe, sword, box of jewelry, and manuscripts
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Related themes

Vanitas, Memento Mori, Dutch Golden Age, Symbolism, 17th Century, Still Life

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