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Unknown — Still life of various books including the Piscator Bern Bible of 1684 and a small piece of paper that reads Verbum Dei manet in aeter[num]
Unknown

Still life of various books including the Piscator Bern Bible of 1684 and a small piece of paper that reads Verbum Dei manet in aeter[num]

A meticulously rendered still life featuring various books including the 1684 Piscator Bern Bible and a small note inscribed with Latin text. The work combines religious imagery with the tradition of vanitas still life painting.

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Still life of various books including the Piscator Bern Bible of 1684 and a small piece of paper that reads Verbum Dei manet in aeter[num]

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Master Paintings

May 20, 2021

Estimate: $5,000$7,000

Lot 59

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Unknown, Still life of various books including the Piscator Bern Bible of 1684 and a small piece of paper that reads Verbum Dei manet in aeter[num]

A meticulously rendered still life featuring various books including the 1684 Piscator Bern Bible and a small note inscribed with Latin text. The work combines religious imagery with the tradition of vanitas still life painting.

Medium
Still life of various books including the Piscator Bern Bible of 1684 and a small piece of paper that reads Verbum Dei manet in aeter[num]
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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Cultural, Vanitas, Symbolic, Piscator Bible, Religious, Latin Text, Books, Historical Books, Oil on Canvas, Still Life

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Collected by

Richard Caswell, Sebastián Naranjo, Jonah Handel, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Ethan Elkins, Alex Capecelatro, Mihail Lari, Cleveland Museum of Art