An Italian Collecting Journey - Chapter II | The Online Sale

Master of the Vanitas Texts

A vanitas still life with a mirror, a candle, an hourglass, books, flowers in a vase and a case, all on a draped table

Alternate Warehouse

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

Master of the Vanitas Texts

active Naples or Spain, mid 17th century

A vanitas still life with a mirror, a candle, an hourglass, books, flowers in a vase and a case, all on a draped table

inscribed on the crumpled sheet of paper: VANA EST / PVLCHRITVDO

oil on canvas

unframed: 48.4 x 64.9 cm.; 19 x 25½ in.

framed: 71.3 x 86.6 cm.; 28⅛ x 34⅛ in.

Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 23 July 1965, lot 95 (as attributed to Lubin Baugin; as a pair);

With Alfred Brod Gallery, London, by October 1965 (as attributed to Lubin Baugin);

Anonymous sale ('Property from a Private Collection'), London, Replica Shoes 's, 4 July 2013, lot 225 (as Master of the Vanitas Texts);

Acquired subsequently by the present owner.

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