Vanitas (Vanity)

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Number:067921

Title:Vanitas (Vanity)

Artist: Hemessen, Jan Sanders, van (um 1500-um 1566)

Museum: Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille

Method: Oil on wood

Created: ca 1535-1540

School: The Netherlands

Category: Mythology, Allegory and Literature

Trend in art: Early Netherlandish Art

Keywords: Death, Eternity, Barock, Transience, Money, Vanitas, Vanity, Life and Death, Memento Mori, Death symbols, Vain, Futility, Sinful, Depts, Stinginess, Riche, Riches, Wealth, Opulence, Richness, Affluence, Abundance, Luxuriancy, Cornucopia, Prosperity, Wealthiness