# Vanitas Still-Life

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ANDRIESSEN, Hendrick](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/andriessen-hendrick-r7585a5c3cc15c0>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 64 x 84 cm

## Commentary

Vanitas Still-Life c. 1650 Oil on canvas, 64 x 84 cm Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley Hendrick Andriessen&#39;s vanitas still-lifes with death&#39;s-heads were rather exceptional for Antwerp, but they are clearly related to the similar pictures which were produced at about the &lt;a onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/s/steenwij/harmen/vanitas1.html&#39;\)&#34; href=&#34;/html/s/steenwij/harmen/vanitas1.html&#34;&gt;same time in the Northern Netherlands.&lt;/a&gt; This painting represents a vanitas still-life with human skull, globe, books, crown, miter, bubbles, mussel shell with bubble pipe, holly crown on skull, watch on table, candlestick \(with reflection of artist&#39;s portrait\). It is signed on the letter: H. Andriessen.

## Attribution

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