Metropolitan Museum of Art: entry 435904 as Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill (accession number: 49.107)Public domain · 3,811 × 2,569 px · Wikimedia Commons

1628 · Metropolitan Museum of Art

Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill

Pieter ClaeszWikidata

painting by Pieter Claesz

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Allegoryhuman skullrummertableoil lampcandle wickbooksmokequillskullstill lifedrinking glasslamp
Date
1628Wikidata
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1628
Medium
Oil on woodThe Met
Wikidata: Oil paint on panel
Dimensions
24.1 × 35.9 cmThe Met
Wikidata: 24.1 × 35.9 cm
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art, ManhattanWikidata
Gallery
520The Met
Movement
Dutch Golden Age paintingWikidata
Genre
vanitasWikidata
Materials
oil paint, panelWikidata
Inventory no.
49.107Wikidata
Credit line
Rogers Fund, 1949The Met

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  1. 1949 –
    Metropolitan Museum of Art
    high confidenceWikidata · collection
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