vanitas: An old man, half-length, in a fur-lined coat, holding a skull

A vanitas is a symbolic work of art showing the transience of life, the futility of pleasure, and the certainty of death, often contrasting symbols of wealth and symbols of ephemerality and death.

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Jan Lievens (Leiden 1607-1674 Amsterdam)
vanitas: An old man, half-length, in a fur-lined coat, holding a skull
oil on panel
24¼ x 19 in. (61.6 x 48.3 cm.) 

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1919