Vanitas, Vanitatum et Omnia Vanitas

Jan Pietersz Saenredam, after Abraham Bloemaert

Associated Names
Jan Pietersz Saenredam

Artist, Dutch, 1565 - 1607

Robert de Baudous

Publisher, Flemish, 1574/1575 - after 1655

Abraham Bloemaert

Artist After, Dutch, 1566 - 1651

The image features a woman seated in a reclined position from head to knees. She gazes to the right with delicate facial features, curly hair partly covered by flowing headgear or fabric with wing-like elements. She wears a draped garment exposing her shoulders and upper chest, and is interacted with objects on a table: a rod, smoking container, ornate vessels, and a candle-like object. Swirling clouds or smoke form the background, and the scene is encircled by a decorative calligraphic border.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 37.9 x 32.3 cm (14 15/16 x 12 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 38.8 x 33.3 cm (15 1/4 x 13 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.604

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 112, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Count Clémens Wensceslas de Renesse-Breidbach [1776-1833], Tongres (Lugt 1209). (Frederick Mulder, London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 10, 1998; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger: no. 112, ii/ii

Inscriptions

in border around central image: VANITAS VANITATUM et OMNIA VANITAS; below central image, in margin: ABlommaert Pinx, I. Saenredam sculpsit. Robbertus de Baudous. Excudebat.

Wikidata ID

Q76557305

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