A vanitas still-life with a globe, an inkstand, a candle, a pot of seals, a book and a manuscript on a draped table

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Edward Collier (Breda fl.1673-1706 Leiden)
A vanitas still-life with a globe, an inkstand, a candle, a pot of seals, a book and a manuscript on a draped table
signed 'E Collier' (centre right) and inscribed 'for/Mr E Collier painter at London' (on a cartellino)
oil on canvas
29 x 23½ in. (73.5 x 62.2 cm.)

Provenance

Lord Brownlow, Belton House, Lincolnshire (according to an inscription on the reverse).

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Lot Essay

Edward Collier entered the guild at Leiden in 1673, and specialised in still-lifes, vanitas, and trompe l'oeil arrangements. He worked in London from c.1693-1698, of which the present work is an example. The paintings from this period were very often inscribed, as seen here, with 'Mr E. Collier, Painter at London'.

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