EDWART COLLIER (BREDA C.1640-1710 LEIDEN) A vanitas with a skull on on upturned crown, bubbles, and books on a draped table; and A vanitas with a globe, violin, open book, reed instruments and an hourglass on a draped table

EDWART COLLIER (BREDA C.1640-1710 LEIDEN)
A vanitas with a skull on on upturned crown, bubbles, and books on a draped table; and A vanitas with a globe, violin, open book, reed instruments and an hourglass on a draped table
the first: signed 'E. Colier fe.' (lower center, on the sheet of paper), and inscribed 'FINIS / CORONAT / OPUS.' (on the book, upper right) and 'Coninck bedelaer / kleyn of Groot. / nooit. Geluckig / voor de Doodt.' (on the paper, lower center); the second: signed and dated 'E. Colier / 169[...]' (center left), and inscribed 'VITA / BREUIS / ARS / LONGA' (on the paper, center)
oil on canvas
12¹⁄₂ x 10 in. (35.7 x 25.5 cm.), each
a pair
Anonymous sale; Beaussant & Lefèvre, Paris, 5 November 2021, lot 7.