Allegory of Transience (Vanitas), from the series Vanitas, vanitatum et omnia vanitas

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Jan Saenredam (engravers (printmakers))
,
Abraham Bloemaert (after)

Date

ca. 1575 - 1657

Periods

16th century, 17 century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
The personification of impermanence (Vanitas) sits on the ground holding a smoking pot. She points to a table next to her on which symbols of worldly wealth and prestige are displayed.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Jan Saenredam VIAF RKD Wikidata, Abraham Bloemaert VIAF RKD Wikidata
Type burin engraving
Category prints (visual works) AAT
Material paper
Dimensions 262 x 202 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-ND
Description
Subjects allegory (artistic device) AAT, figures (representations)
Tags female sex; woman Iconclass, adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass, the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass, container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase Iconclass, container of metal: bucket, can, canister, drum, tin, etc. Iconclass, (personifications of) 'Vanitas', the vanity of human life; Fragilita humana, Fugacita delle grandezze della gloria mondana, Meditatione della morte, Opera vana, Piacere vano, Vana gloria, Vanita (Ripa) Iconclass, scenes symbolizing 'Vanitas' Iconclass, smoke Iconclass, art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-ND
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11734/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-ND
Vlaamse Kunstcollectie - EN

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