MASTER OF THE VANITAS TEXTS
Vanitas still life with a Zodiac Globe, a Lit Candle, Dice, Books, Cards and Flowers, all on a Draped Table,, c. 1650
Oil on canvas stuck on wood
50 x 63 cm
19 3/4 x 24 3/4 in.
19 3/4 x 24 3/4 in.
Inscibed on a book VERUM ET FALSUM (“True and false”) and on a sheet of paper HEC SOLA VIRTV(S) (“This alone is virtue “)
Provenance
Private collection.
Exhibitions
Barcelona, Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Incólume. Bodegones del Siglo de Oro, 9 October 2015 - 28 February 2016.
Literature
A. Marí, F. Q. Corella, J. Y. Gaso et al. Incólume. Bodegones del Siglo de Oro, exh. cat., Barcelona 2015, pp. 84-87 and pp. 132-133, reproduced.