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Vanity
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A standing woman in a landscape, a hairpin in the hairstyle, a mirror in the hand. Under her open rich jacket her skeleton is visible. At her feet a skull. In the front right stands a flower pot with blooming lilies (life), in the front left a fire pot with dying fire (death). In the background stands the same woman with mirror next to a man who lifts her jacket and looks at the skeleton.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineIJdelheid. c. 1585 - c. 1615. Gillis van Breen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
