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Vanitas Still Life, Jacques de Gheyn II Netherlandish, Oil on wood
Vanitas Still Life
Jacques de Gheyn II
1603
Roundel with Vanitas, Colorless glass, vitreous paint and silver stain, North Netherlandish
Roundel with Vanitas
North Netherlandish
1510–20
Vanitas Still Life, Edwaert Collier Dutch, Oil on wood
Vanitas Still Life
Edwaert Collier
1662
Vanitas, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus Netherlandish, Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash over black chalk
Vanitas
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus
mid-16th–early 17th century
Vanitas Still Life, Herman Henstenburgh Dutch, Watercolor, gouache, and gum arabic on parchment
Vanitas Still Life
Herman Henstenburgh
n.d.
Vanitas Still Life in a Niche, Wallerant Vaillant Dutch, Mezzotint; second state of two
Vanitas Still Life in a Niche
Wallerant Vaillant
17th century
Fruit, Julian Alden Weir American, Oil on canvas, American
Fruit
Julian Alden Weir
ca. 1888
All is Vanity (Vanitas Vanitatum)
Hieronymus (Jerome) Wierix
late 16th–early 17th century
Vanitas: Death and the Maiden
Jacques de Gheyn II
[Detail of Vanitas Figures Carved on the Choir Stalls at Amiens Cathedral]
Unknown
1860s
Ceremonial ewer, Silver, gilt; embossed, chased and engraved, Portuguese
Ceremonial ewer
Portuguese
ca. 1520–50
Modestia et Vanitas, plate 5 from "Schola Italica Picturae"
Multiple artists/makers
1770
Mundi Lapis Lydias sive Vanitas per Veritate Falsi Accusata & Convicta
Multiple artists/makers
1639
Vanitas: a Young Woman with a Mirror and a Putto
Jacques de Gheyn II
The Reader, Eglon van der Neer Dutch, Oil on canvas
The Reader
Eglon van der Neer
[Reproduction of "In Ictu Oculi" (1670-72), Vanitas Painting by Juan de Valdés Leal, in the Hospital de la Caridad, Seville]
Reynoso
1860s–70s
[Reproduction of "Finis Gloriae Mundi" (1670-72), Vanitas Painting by Juan de Valdés Leal, in the Hospital de la Caridad, Seville]
Reynoso
1860s–70s
An Allegory, Adam Gutmann German, Pen and black ink, gray, brownish-green and pink washes
An Allegory
Adam Gutmann
1598
Queen
Audrey Flack
1975
Fallen No. 439
Tanya Marcuse
2013
Adoration of the Lobster, Cecily Brown British, Oil on UV-curable pigment on linen
Adoration of the Lobster
Cecily Brown
2023–24
Death surprising a woman
Monogrammist M
1530–1560
Solitary Female Huia
Fiona Pardington
2006 (reprinted 2024)
A View of Cooke's Tomb in St. Paul's Churchyard, New York
John Rubens Smith
William Rollinson
1821
Hei Tiki (female)
Fiona Pardington
2002 (reprinted 2024)
Watch in the form of a human skull, Isaac Penard Swiss, Case: silver; Dial: silver, partly nielloed; Movement: gilded brass and steel, Swiss, Geneva
Watch in the form of a human skull
Isaac Penard
Firm of Moulinié, Bautte & Moynier
case ca. 1810–20, movement ca. 1650
Vanité des Vanités!!
Edmé Jean Pigal
Charles Motte
1820–36
Persephone, Anita Huffington American, Pink alabaster with granite base
Persephone
Anita Huffington
1999
Bottle with ritual scene, Amapa-Peñitas artist(s), Ceramic, slip, Nayarit
Bottle with ritual scene
Amapa-Peñitas artist(s)
1400–1500 CE
Amor Caritas, Augustus Saint-Gaudens American, Bronze, gilt, American
Amor Caritas
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
1880–98, cast 1918
Victory Ball, Anita Weschler American, Cast stone
Victory Ball
Anita Weschler
1951
[Portrait of Living Man beside Dead Man], Louis Dodero Italian, active France, Daguerreotype
[Portrait of Living Man beside Dead Man]
Louis Dodero
ca. 1850
Vase, Anita M. Linzee American, Glazed earthenware
Vase
Anita M. Linzee
1928
Vanity, Jules Bouy American, born France, Wood, silver leaf, mirror
Vanity
Jules Bouy
ca. 1930
Bi-fold pages printed back and front (pages 3, 4, 5 & 5) from 'La prensa del pueblo' vol.1, number 12, September 1943, Arsacio Vanegas Arroyo Mexican, Metalcut, letterpress (relief printing)
Bi-fold pages printed back and front (pages 3, 4, 5 & 5) from 'La prensa del pueblo' vol.1, number 12, September 1943
Arsacio Vanegas Arroyo
1943
Vanity case, Richard Hudnut American, leather, brass, American
Vanity case
Richard Hudnut
1920s
Vanity case, House of Dior French, metal, leather, French
Vanity case
House of Dior
Christian Dior
probably 1950
Vanity case, Robert Piguet French, (b) leather, French
Vanity case
Robert Piguet
1949
Vanity case, tortoiseshell, silk, French
Vanity case
French
1925
Vanity Case, Van Cleef & Arpels French, Gold, enamel, jade, diamonds
Vanity Case
Van Cleef & Arpels
ca. 1928