Edwaert Collier - Vanitas Still Life with a Skull, Bust, Clock, Globe and Bottle
Edwaert Collier
Vanitas Still Life with a Skull, Bust, Clock, Globe and Bottle
Oil on panel. 19.5 x 17 cm.
Signed and dated centre left: E. Collier fe 1676.
This vanitas still life, dated 1676, was painted by Breda-born Edwaert Collier during his time in Leiden, where he worked as of 1667 before moving to London in 1693. In a densely packed composition, it shows many of the characteristic objects that reappear in other still lifes by the master, including a human skull and a clock, characteristic references to the transience of all earthly things.
We would like to thank Dr Fred G. Meijer, Amsterdam for kindly confirming the authenticity of this piece upon examination of digital photographs.
Provenance
Formerly from the (Franz?) Ittenbach Collection (incomplete label in old script on the reverse of the panel, ending as follows: "dieses Bildchen entstammt / der Sammlung 'Ittenbach'"). - South German private collection.
Edwaert Collier
Vanitas Still Life with a Skull, Bust, Clock, Globe and Bottle
Oil on panel. 19.5 x 17 cm.
Signed and dated centre left: E. Collier fe 1676.
This vanitas still life, dated 1676, was painted by Breda-born Edwaert Collier during his time in Leiden, where he worked as of 1667 before moving to London in 1693. In a densely packed composition, it shows many of the characteristic objects that reappear in other still lifes by the master, including a human skull and a clock, characteristic references to the transience of all earthly things.
We would like to thank Dr Fred G. Meijer, Amsterdam for kindly confirming the authenticity of this piece upon examination of digital photographs.
Provenance
Formerly from the (Franz?) Ittenbach Collection (incomplete label in old script on the reverse of the panel, ending as follows: "dieses Bildchen entstammt / der Sammlung 'Ittenbach'"). - South German private collection.
