File:Casteleyn Vanitas Homo bulla.jpg
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[edit]anonymous: Vanitas - Homo bulla and apothecary accessories.
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| Title |
Vanitas – Nude boy with a soap bubble surrounded with a wreath of dishes and apothecary's tools  |
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| Object type |
painting |
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| Genre |
allegory |
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| Date | 1660 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 63 cm (24.8 in); width: 45 cm (17.7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current location |
not on view |
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| Accession number |
184852 |
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| Object history |
1939: transferred to National Museum in Warsaw (MNW) |
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| Inscriptions |
Signature: T ERDAMI MFP
(Monogram on a brass mortar and pestle)
bottom right: AETATIS SUE / M... SES. 14 /Ano 1660
Signature and date: Smemohl 1689
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| Notes | Characteristic for moralizing mainstream of Dutch art at the end of the 17th-century. Child holding a straw and bubble embodies the idea of homo bulla (man - bubble), the fragility and impermanence of human life. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| References | Jan Białostocki, Maria Murdzeńska, Danuta Książkiewicz, Jan Kuglin (1970). Catalogue of paintings: foreign schools. Vol. 2. National Museum in Warsaw, cat. no. 1603, p. 246 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | pl.pinterest.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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