Harmen Steenwijck

Still life - Allegory of the vanities of human life



Harmen Steenwijck - Still life - Allegory of the vanities of human life



Harmen Steenwijck
Still life - Allegory of the vanities of human life
c. 1640
39.2 x 50.7 cm
Oil on panel
Signed on the box beneath the stoneware bottle: H. Steenwyck
The National Gallery, London


Literature

Neil MacLaren, revised and expanded by Christopher Brown, The Dutch school, 1600-1900, London, 1991, pp. 434-435
Christopher Baker and Tom Henry, The National Gallery complete illustrated catalogue, London, 2001, p. 645


Exhibitions

2013 Vermeer and Music. The Art of Love and Leisure, Nr. 18
2001 Vermeer and the Delft School, Nr. 59
1999 Still-Life Paintings from the Netherlands 1550-1720, Nr. 36
1976 Art in 17th-century Holland, Nr. 110

Provenance

Sir John Savile Lumley (later Baron Savile) by 1882
National Gallery, London, presented by Baron Saville, 1888
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External links

National Gallery, London Accession number NG1256

Other works by Harmen Steenwijck


Harmen Steenwijck Still Life with Earthenware Jar, Fish and Fruit
Still Life with Earthenware Jar, Fish and Fruit
1652

Harmen van Steenwyck An earthenware bellarmine with a basket of dead ducks
An earthenware bellarmine with a basket of dead ducks

Harmen Steenwijck Still life of fruit and dead fowl
Still life of fruit and dead fowl
c. 1650

Harmen Steenwijck Still Life of Game, Fruit and Kitchen Utensils
Still Life of Game, Fruit and Kitchen Utensils
n.d.

Harmen Steenwijck Still Life with Fruit and Dead Birds
Still Life with Fruit and Dead Birds