A vanitas still life: A gilt candlestick, books, soap bubbles, a pocket watch and a nautilus cup on a marble ledge

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Circle of Edwaert Collier (Breda c. 1640-1708 London)
A vanitas still life: A gilt candlestick, books, soap bubbles, a pocket watch and a nautilus cup on a marble ledge
oil on canvas
64.2 x 58.6 cm.

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Lot Essay

Several objects, such as the candlestick, the nautilus cup decorated with female figures, the print of Erasmus and the shell with the soap bubbles, appear to have been used by the artist from various paintings by Collier.

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