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| Keywords: Adam Bernaert - "Vanitas" Still Life - Walters 37682.jpg The Dutch vanitas Latin for vanity still life brings together the prevailing moral tone and an appreciation of everyday objects how vain and insignificant are human concerns and therefore how important it is to turn to God The term comes from the biblical Book of Ecclesiastes 1 2 Vanity of vanities All is vanity These objects symbolize transitory human achievement and satisfactions The atlas is open to a map of the East Indies source of many Dutch fortunes and there is a city council document with an imposing seal The other open book is a history of the early counts of Holland-whose lands were absorbed by the dukes of Burgundy in the 1400s The lute music and inkstand represent creative endeavors which like satisfaction in beautiful objects such as pearls are transitory pleasures Even the heavens and the earth represented by two globes are effected by Time whose relentless passage is marked by the hourglass The little-known painter Adam Bernaert who monogrammed this painting often took his inspiration from paintings by the better-known Evert Collier The present composition is closely based on a Collier composition signed and dated 1663 which in February 2008 was with the Dutch dealer Salomon Lilian ca 1665 Baroque oil on panel cm 42 5 56 6 accession number 37 682 369 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 New Light on Old Pictures Dutch and Flemish Paintings from the Walters The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1981-1982 Going for Baroque The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995-1996 place of origin Leiden Netherlands Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1660s paintings in the United States Adam Bernaert Baroque still life paintings of books Paintings of Vanitas Atlases Dutch East Indies Dutch Golden Age paintings Hourglasses in art Still life paintings of globes 1660s still life paintings | ||||
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