Vanitas Still Life with Books, a Globe, a Skull, a Violin, and a Fan

CultureDutch
Titles
  • Vanitas Still Life with Books, a Globe, a Skull, a Violin, and a Fan
Datec. 1625–1630
PlaceLeiden, Netherlands
MediumOil on panel
DimensionsPanel: 12 13/16 × 16 7/16 in. (32.5 × 41.8 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.2016.5
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
217 Blaffer Galleries
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ProvenancePrivate collection, France; [Bob Haboldt & Co., Paris, 2002, as by Jacob Westerbaen]; private collection, New Rochelle, New York, 2002–11; [Salomon Lilian, Amsterdam]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 2016.
Exhibition History"Two-Eyed Seeing: Contemporary Pasts and Futures at the Blaffer Art Museum," Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston, December 9–December 17, 2023. (OL.1658)

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