Memento Mori still life

Lot 30
17.11.2021 14:00UTC +01:00
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€ 1 500
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Event locationGermany, Köln
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Lot 30 | Memento Mori still life
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€ 1 500 – 2 000
MEMENTO MORI STILL LIFE.

Presumably Germany.
Date: 18th century.
Technique: Painting on paper. Framed behind glass.
Description: Scull and hourglass placed on a table next to a candle that has just gone out. Above a
written banner with "Vanitas". Below a saying from the Liber Ecclesiastes of Kohelet:
"Vidi in omnibus vanitaem (sic), et nihil permanere sub sole. Eccles.z.v.ii".
Measurement: Without frame 9,5 x 14cm. Frame 21 x 17cm.
Mark: On the back handwritten letter dated 1775.
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