# Vanitas Still-Life

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## Artwork

- Artist: [RENARD DE SAINT-ANDRÉ, Simon](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/renard-de-saint-andr-simon-r57d48a48ffc5cd>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas

## Commentary

French still-lifes always employed the same monotonous repertoire, without the dense liveliness of Flemish art. Symbols were often included, such as a wisp of straw, an hour glass, skull, or fly that went into a vanitas still-life. Simon Renard de Saint-André might depict a butterfly on the flower, a fly on the skull, or a whole collection of funerary objects, all orchestrated in front of deep red drapes.

## Related artworks

- [Vanitas](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/renard-de-saint-andr-simon-r57d48a48ffc5cd/vanitas-r84865a61203528>)
- [Vanitas](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/renard-de-saint-andr-simon-r57d48a48ffc5cd/vanitas-ra71582e88a2d1d>)
- [Vanitas Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/renard-de-saint-andr-simon-r57d48a48ffc5cd/vanitas-still-life-r0f2e03c998b00c>)
- [Vanitas Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/renard-de-saint-andr-simon-r57d48a48ffc5cd/vanitas-still-life-r1f6be94e84800e>)

## Attribution

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