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Allegory of Transitoriness

about 1640 | Leonhard Bramer

Here Bramer has illustrated the transitoriness of all earthy things, an idea that was always present in Dutch genre painting and still lifes. An old man sits reading across from a skeleton that is gazing at a skull. The theme is further emphasised by the still life of broken vessels, pieces of armour and bones set in a scene of decaying architecture.

Here Bramer has illustrated the transitoriness of all earthy things, an idea that was always present in Dutch genre painting and still lifes. An old man sits reading across from a skeleton that is gazing at a skull. The theme is further emphasised by the still life of broken vessels, pieces of armour and bones set in a scene of decaying architecture.

Artist:
Leonhard Bramer (1596 - 1674 Delft) DNB

Time:
about 1640

Object Name
Painting

Culture
Dutch

Material/technology:
oak wood

Dimensions:
Overall: 81,3 cm × 62 cm
Framed: 95 cm x 76,5 cm x 5,5 cm

Signed
Inscribed on the tablecloth below the books: L. Bramer

Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie

Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 417

Provenance
acquired between 1772 and 1781 from the Vienna Schottenstift

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