Edward Collier
(Dutch, c.1640–1708)
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Vanitas Still Life with Astrological Globe, Musical instruments,
Skull, and Books On a Draped Table
(c.1665)
Oil on panel.
Collier includes vanitas symbols: books, which contain moral messages; skull, which is a reminder of the certainty of death; globe (earth and sky); and musical instruments (brevity and the ephemeral nature of life).
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