Vanitas

And The Pond Seeker blog examined many examples of vanitas paintings, one of them being Holbein's famous Ambassadors, in Vanitas.

Vanitas Paintings: the meaning of life and death Hels 2009

And The Pond Seeker blog examined many examples of vanitas paintings, one of them being Holbein's famous Ambassadors, in Vanitas.

Archive 2009-07-01 Hels 2009

The word Vanitas generally, I think, bears, in the mediaeval period, the sense given it in Scripture.

Stones of Venice [introductions] John Ruskin 1859

Cornelis Janszoon de Heem painted a large 153 x 166cm painting called Vanitas Still-Life with Musical Instruments in c1662.

Vanitas Paintings: the meaning of life and death Hels 2009

Cornelis Janszoon de Heem painted a large 153 x 166cm painting called Vanitas Still-Life with Musical Instruments in c1662.

Archive 2009-07-01 Hels 2009

There were Dutch and Flemish masters on the walls, including a chilling painting called Vanitas, which features a skull amid books, food, and flowers, a symbol of the futility of all human ambition.

No Excuses Robert Shrum 2007

There were Dutch and Flemish masters on the walls, including a chilling painting called Vanitas, which features a skull amid books, food, and flowers, a symbol of the futility of all human ambition.

No Excuses Robert Shrum 2007

There were Dutch and Flemish masters on the walls, including a chilling painting called Vanitas, which features a skull amid books, food, and flowers, a symbol of the futility of all human ambition.

No Excuses Robert Shrum 2007

Frieze Art Fair last year, All Visual Arts (AVA) has announced a new show called Vanitas: The

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

Frieze Art Fair last year, All Visual Arts (AVA) has announced a new show called Vanitas: The

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010