About this artwork
The meticulously executed still life paintings of Edwaert Collier unite the Dutch vanitas tradition with a striking focus on contemporary printed material. This monumental work, signed and dated 1662, is among his earliest dated paintings. Yet it is a rare example of his use of publications focusing on Dutch global exploration. The specific locations highlighted in the globes and books, the Americas, uphold the vanitas message communicated in the scene: while this new knowledge is documented with an ostensible permanence through printing, the actual governance of these new lands could be—and was for the Dutch—fleeting.
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Status
- On View, Gallery 212
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Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
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Artist
- Edwaert Collier
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Title
- A Vanitas Still Life with a Flag, Candlestick, Musical Instruments, Books, Writing Paraphernalia, Globes and Hourglass
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Place
- Holland (Object made in)
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Date
- 1662
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Medium
- Oil on canvas
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Inscriptions
- Eduwaert / Collier / 1662
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Dimensions
- 98 x 129.7 cm (38 1/2 x 51 in.)
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Credit Line
- Through prior bequest of Joseph Winterbotham; Rhoades Foundation and Julius Lewis Acquisition Endowment Fund; European Painting Discretionary Fund
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Reference Number
- 2020.317
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/258490/manifest.json
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