Still Life with Books and a Violin
De Heem is known mainly for the colourful, flamboyant flower still-lifes he painted from 1650. But before that, he painted simple still-lifes in shades of brown and grey. Educated viewers would have recognised the titles of the books on the table and understood that their central theme was the concept of fate. This added a deeper level to De Heem’s still-life. It warns against the mortality of man…
Creator
- Jan Davidsz de Heem
Type of item
- painting
Date
- 1628 - 1628
- 1628/1628
- 1628/1628
Medium
- panel
Creator
- Jan Davidsz de Heem
Type of item
- painting
Date
- 1628 - 1628
- 1628/1628
- 1628/1628
Medium
- panel
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
User generated content
- false
Identifier
- resource_document_mauritshuis_613
- 613
Format
- 64 cm
- 48.5 cm
- 36.1 cm
- 52 cm
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
Timestamp created
- 2017-08-02T11:48:25.747Z
Timestamp updated
- 2023-02-28T08:45:41.077Z