The personification of impermanence (Vanitas) sits on the ground holding a smoking pot. She points to a table next to her on which symbols of worldly wealth and prestige are displayed.
| Artist |
Jan Saenredam
RKD
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|---|---|
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Abraham Bloemaert
RKD
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| Title | Allegory of Transience (Vanitas), from the series Vanitas, vanitatum et omnia vanitas |
| Date | ca. 1575 - 1657 |
| Period |
16th century
17th century |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-ND |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-ND |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11734/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055866
allegory (artistic device)
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11R5
(personifications of) 'Vanitas', the vanity of human life; Fragilita humana, Fugacita delle grandezze della gloria mondana, Meditatione della morte, Opera vana, Piacere vano, Vana gloria, Vanita (Ripa)
Iconclass
11R51 scenes symbolizing 'Vanitas' Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass 41A771 container of metal: bucket, can, canister, drum, tin, etc. Iconclass 41A773 container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase Iconclass 41B162 smoke Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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