# Architectural Caprice \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VREDEMAN DE VRIES, Hans](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vredeman-de-vries-hans-re76c2f947ff6f2>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on panel

## Commentary

The implicit moral message of the painting tells about the vanity of short-lived sensual pleasures, which the hourglass brandished by the skeleton above the two lovers in the foreground explicitly underlines.

## Related artworks

- [Architectural Caprice](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vredeman-de-vries-hans-re76c2f947ff6f2/architectural-caprice-r63211904a284e8>)
- [Architectural Caprice with Figures](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vredeman-de-vries-hans-re76c2f947ff6f2/architectural-caprice-with-figures-rce9b3da0321473>)
- [Architectural Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vredeman-de-vries-hans-re76c2f947ff6f2/architectural-landscape-r6f26bcd07fdedf>)
- [Palace with Musicians](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vredeman-de-vries-hans-re76c2f947ff6f2/palace-with-musicians-r5591334857d2f3>)
- [Trajan and the Widow](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vredeman-de-vries-hans-re76c2f947ff6f2/trajan-and-the-widow-ra5528e9958eb05>)

## Attribution

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