Allegory of Vanity

Cornelis Schut I

Associated Names
Cornelis Schut I

Artist, Flemish, 1597 - 1655

The image shows a cherub-like figure sitting down. The figure has a reclined posture on the ground with legs extended and one arm on its knee while the other arm is bent. The figure has a cherub face with chubby cheeks and short hair. It is naked. An hourglass is near its left side. There are bushes and trees around the figure. In the background, there is a classical architectural element, possibly a column. The artwork is detailed with illustrative lines.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 6 x 7.3 cm (2 3/8 x 2 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.113.11

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 148

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Sale, London, Christie's, 27 June 1996, lot 55); purchased (via Artemis) by NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

Inscriptions

manuscript list of numbers on verso

Wikidata ID

Q75399037

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