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Artwork Details
Year
1628
Era
Baroque
Country
Netherlands
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Medium
Oil on wood
Original Size
24.1 × 35.9 cm
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Pieter Claesz's 1628 memento mori still life featuring a skull and writing quill, symbolizing the futility of worldly knowledge in the face of death.
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