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A vanitas still life with an hour glass, a skull and crossbones, a scroll, two books, music scores, a flute, a violin, a sheet of paper inscribed 'MEMENTO MORI ...', an incense burner, another sheet of paper inscribed 'VANITAS VANITATUM ETOMNIA VANITAS' and a lute on a stone ledge
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Edwaert Collier (Breda 1642-1708 London)
A vanitas still life with an hour glass, a skull and crossbones, a scroll, two books, music scores, a flute, a violin, a sheet of paper inscribed 'MEMENTO MORI ...', an incense burner, another sheet of paper inscribed 'VANITAS VANITATUM ETOMNIA VANITAS' and a lute on a stone ledge
signed and dated 'E, Coljer, fe:/1693' (lower right)
oil on canvas
33.8 x 31.1 cm.
A vanitas still life with an hour glass, a skull and crossbones, a scroll, two books, music scores, a flute, a violin, a sheet of paper inscribed 'MEMENTO MORI ...', an incense burner, another sheet of paper inscribed 'VANITAS VANITATUM ETOMNIA VANITAS' and a lute on a stone ledge
signed and dated 'E, Coljer, fe:/1693' (lower right)
oil on canvas
33.8 x 31.1 cm.
Provenance
The Worshipful Company of Skinners; Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1984, lot 73.
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, New York, 17 January 1986, lot 95.
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, New York, 17 January 1986, lot 95.
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