ID 1093467
Lot 128 | EDWAERT COLLIER (BREDA 1642-1708 LONDON)
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
A skull atop a jewelled crown, an astrological globe, an hourglass, a book, a shell with soap bubbles and an engraved portrait of the Emperor Augustus on a draped table - a vanitas
oil on canvas
29 7⁄8 x 25 in. (75.7 x 63.6 cm.)
inscribed 'HOMO EST / SIMILIS / BULLÆ.' (lower left, on the slip of paper) and 'SIC FUGITT. / IRRE.PARABILE / TEMUS.' (upper right, on the paper scroll)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 12 July 1978, lot 69.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 24 April 1998, lot 62, when acquired by the present owner.
| Artist: | Edwaert Collier (1642 - 1708) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Edwaert Collier (1642 - 1708) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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