Vanity, Gillis van Breen, After Anonymous, c. 1585 - c. 1615 print A standing woman in a landscape, a hair needle in the hairstyle, a mirror in hand. Her skeleton can be seen under her open rich dress. A skull on her feet. Front right is a flowerpot with flowering lilies (life), in front of a fire pot with a deaf fire (death). In the background is the same woman with a mirror next to a man who lifts her dress and looks at the frame. Haarlem paper engraving (personifications of) 'Vanitas', the vanity of human life; Fragilità humana, Fugacità delle grandezze & della gloria mondana, Meditatione d
Vanity, Gillis van Breen, After Anonymous, c. 1585 - c. 1615 print A standing woman in a landscape, a hair needle in the hairstyle, a mirror in hand. Her skeleton can be seen under her open rich dress. A skull on her feet. Front right is a flowerpot with flowering lilies (life), in front of a fire pot with a deaf fire (death). In the background is the same woman with a mirror next to a man who lifts her dress and looks at the frame. Haarlem paper engraving (personifications of) 'Vanitas', the vanity of human life; Fragilità humana, Fugacità delle grandezze & della gloria mondana, Meditatione della morte, Opera vana, Piacere vano, Vana gloria, Vanità (Ripa). mirror. accessories (~ clothing). hairdress - AA - ~ women. neck-gear: collar (+ women's clothes). looking in the mirror; (possibly: contemplation of own beauty - AA - (for) women). (human) skeleton - AA - female human figure
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