# Vanitas Still-Life

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## Artwork

- Artist: [COLLIER, Edwart](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/collier-edwart-rc89ebc101d37ac>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 76 x 64 cm

## Commentary

This vanitas still-life, executed in London, depicts a candlestick, a skull, a shell, bubbles, a watch, a portrait of Charles I, and other objects on a draped table. The inscription on a piece of paper lower right reads: NEMO ANTE/MORTEM/BEATUS DICI/POTEST \(&#34;No one can be called happy before his death&#34;\).

## Related artworks

- [Portrait of a Gentleman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/collier-edwart-rc89ebc101d37ac/portrait-of-a-gentleman-r4d32e2e8ffc647>)
- [Self-Portrait with a Vanitas Still- Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/collier-edwart-rc89ebc101d37ac/self-portrait-with-a-vanitas-still--life-rf7ccb89e1563d7>)
- [Vanitas Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/collier-edwart-rc89ebc101d37ac/vanitas-still-life-r094b8315a2e27c>)
- [Vanitas Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/collier-edwart-rc89ebc101d37ac/vanitas-still-life-r446314eabcd96f>)
- [Vanitas Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/collier-edwart-rc89ebc101d37ac/vanitas-still-life-r457ebb08f2f6f5>)
- [Vanitas Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/collier-edwart-rc89ebc101d37ac/vanitas-still-life-r87214ff160eb17>)
- [Vanitas Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/collier-edwart-rc89ebc101d37ac/vanitas-still-life-r8ca81392e8cf32>)
- [Vanitas Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/collier-edwart-rc89ebc101d37ac/vanitas-still-life-r93a21713601c99>)
- [Vanitas Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/collier-edwart-rc89ebc101d37ac/vanitas-still-life-rbc99568dcd2cf6>)
- [Vanitas Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/collier-edwart-rc89ebc101d37ac/vanitas-still-life-rbf211c62122ed0>)
- [Vanitas Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/collier-edwart-rc89ebc101d37ac/vanitas-still-life-rc871c6d47ce828>)
- [Vanitas Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/collier-edwart-rc89ebc101d37ac/vanitas-still-life-rfff016140cb359>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)