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Still Life with Books

Grey and brown tints dominate this composition, and a shadow spreads slowly over the wall. The painting
alludes to the fleetingness of life. The battered books allude to transience. The music produced by the lute
is momentary, a symbol of the brevity of life. A literal reference to death is inscribed on the sheet of paper
draped over the table’s edge: ‘finis’ ([the] end).

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Publisher

  • Rijksmuseum

Subject

  • http://iconclass.org/11R6
  • http://iconclass.org/49M32
  • http://iconclass.org/48C7323
  • Book

Type of item

  • painting
  • Art of painting

Medium

  • Gift of the heirs of C. Hoogendijk, The Hague

Publisher

  • Rijksmuseum

Subject

  • http://iconclass.org/11R6
  • http://iconclass.org/49M32
  • http://iconclass.org/48C7323
  • Book

Type of item

  • painting
  • Art of painting

Medium

  • Gift of the heirs of C. Hoogendijk, The Hague

Providing institution

  • Rijksmuseum

Aggregator

  • Rijksmuseum

Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)

  • http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
  • http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

User generated content

  • false

Rights

  • Public Domain
  • Publiek Domein

Creation date

  • 1625 - 1630
  • 1625/1630
  • 1625/1630

Place-Time

  • second quarter 17th century

Identifier

  • http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.8638
  • SK-A-2565

Extent

  • height 26.5 cm
  • width 41.5 cm

Format

  • panel
  • oil paint (paint)

Language

  • nl

Is part of

  • collection: paintings
  • collectie: schilderijen

Providing country

  • Netherlands

Collection name

  • 90402_M_NL_Rijksmuseum

Timestamp created

  • 2014-05-27T20:14:37.071Z

Timestamp updated

  • 2018-03-17T14:37:37.516Z