Vanitas Still Life with the Spinario
Active selection in cart:
| Caption | Appearances can be deceptive – certainly in painting, which gives only an impression of reality. Here Claesz presents the study materials of an educated painter: books, drawings, armour, musical instruments and a plaster cast of the Spinario, a famous antique sculpture of a boy extracting a thorn from his foot. On the table are a paintbrush and a palette, along with bones and a skull. The message is clear: the world is mere illusion and transience (vanitas). Date: 1628. Object ID: SK-A-3930. |
|---|---|
| Creator | Pieter Claesz, signed by artist, painter (1598–1660) |
| Artwork medium | panel, oil paint |
| Credit | Rijksmuseum |
| Terms of use | Public Domain Dedication (CC0 1.0) |
| Search stock images by keyword | still life child pulling thorn foot sculpture reproduction studio requisites painter palette lute special theorbo violin fiddle Vanitas Still Life Spinario painting Pieter Claesz |
| Stock image ref | Size | Views |
|---|---|---|
| YR0008144 | 2,850 x 2,459 pixels | 434 |
Free public domain image
To download this free image, please register (this takes just 30 seconds) or log in.
This is one of 1,687,036 free hi-res public domain images, selected from major public collections to complement the Look and Learn archive, and to save you time and money. Typically, it may be used for any purpose, but users should check the precise terms and satisfy themselves that the intended use will not infringe the rights of any third party.
Can we help?
Look and Learn is one of the world’s leading sources of historical and cultural images for personal and commercial use. Feel free to contact us with any questions or requests.