Still Life with Books
c. 1628 - c. 1629
- Medium
- panel
- Dimensions
- 26.5 × 41.5 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-107180
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).
Provenance
Gift of the heirs of C. Hoogendijk, The Hague
Registry history
- c. 1628 - c. 1629 — Recorded in the collection of Rijksmuseum
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