Vanitas Still Life reflects the Dutch Republic’s deep fascination with knowledge, commerce, and the fragile nature of worldly achievement. Collier assembles books, instruments, and signs of learned culture in a scene that suggests prosperity and intellectual ambition, then disrupts that promise with symbols of passing time and mortality. The result is a quiet reminder that the brilliance of human endeavor coexists with its inevitable limits.

Edwaert Collier (c. 1640–c. 1707) was a Dutch Golden Age painter known for his eloquent vanitas compositions and masterful trompe-l’œil technique. His work captures the intellectual energy of the period while insisting on the moral undercurrent that defined the vanitas tradition: everything built, gathered, or known remains vulnerable to time.

Product Details: Cotton and polyester canvas on Radiata pine wood frame sourced from renewable forests. Includes back mounting.

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