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Edwaert Collier
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Important Patron of the Arts
Edwaert Collier
Breda 1642 - 1708 London
Vanitas still life with assorted shells, musical instruments, and Karel van Mander’s Schilder-boeck on a table
signed and dated lower left: E. Collier. f. / Anno 1670.
inscribed on left leaf of open book: VAN TVDEGENDE PEERT. / Pegasus.
inscribed on right leaf of open book: VYTLEGGINGE EN / SIN-GEVENDE VERCLARING. / OP DEN Metamorphoßis Publij Ovidij / Naßonsis, DOOR C[arl]. V[an].M[ander]. / Het unsde Boeck. / VAN Pallas, OFT Minerva.
oil on canvas
canvas: 26 ⅞ by 34 ⅛ in.; 68.3 by 86.7 cm.
framed: 30 ⅜ by 38 ⅛ in.; 77.2 by 96.8 cm.
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby’s, 14 November 1988, lot 207;
With Galerie Delvaille, Paris, by 1989;
From whom acquired.Catalogue note
Collier executed this work relatively early in his career when still working in his native Holland. The still life features an assortment of popular collectables: natural curiosities, musical instruments, a copy of Karel van Mander’s Schilder-boeck (On Painting), a musical score, and a timepiece. As such, the work both displays precious collectables and was a collectable itself.
A piece of paper tucked between the book’s leaves bears the Latin inscription, “vanitas vanitatum omnia vanitas” (“vanity of vanities, all is vanity”). This moralizing message—that life is fleeting and consumed by vanity—is underscored by the violin’s broken string, unwound timepiece, and tropical shells, all associated with mortality.
Edwaert Collier
Breda 1642 - 1708 London
Vanitas still life with assorted shells, musical instruments, and Karel van Mander’s Schilder-boeck on a table
signed and dated lower left: E. Collier. f. / Anno 1670.
inscribed on left leaf of open book: VAN TVDEGENDE PEERT. / Pegasus.
inscribed on right leaf of open book: VYTLEGGINGE EN / SIN-GEVENDE VERCLARING. / OP DEN Metamorphoßis Publij Ovidij / Naßonsis, DOOR C[arl]. V[an].M[ander]. / Het unsde Boeck. / VAN Pallas, OFT Minerva.
oil on canvas
canvas: 26 ⅞ by 34 ⅛ in.; 68.3 by 86.7 cm.
framed: 30 ⅜ by 38 ⅛ in.; 77.2 by 96.8 cm.
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby’s, 14 November 1988, lot 207;
With Galerie Delvaille, Paris, by 1989;
From whom acquired.Catalogue note
Collier executed this work relatively early in his career when still working in his native Holland. The still life features an assortment of popular collectables: natural curiosities, musical instruments, a copy of Karel van Mander’s Schilder-boeck (On Painting), a musical score, and a timepiece. As such, the work both displays precious collectables and was a collectable itself.
A piece of paper tucked between the book’s leaves bears the Latin inscription, “vanitas vanitatum omnia vanitas” (“vanity of vanities, all is vanity”). This moralizing message—that life is fleeting and consumed by vanity—is underscored by the violin’s broken string, unwound timepiece, and tropical shells, all associated with mortality.
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Important Patron of the Arts
Edwaert Collier
Breda 1642 - 1708 London
Vanitas still life with assorted shells, musical instruments, and Karel van Mander’s Schilder-boeck on a table
signed and dated lower left: E. Collier. f. / Anno 1670.
inscribed on left leaf of open book: VAN TVDEGENDE PEERT. / Pegasus.
inscribed on right leaf of open book: VYTLEGGINGE EN / SIN-GEVENDE VERCLARING. / OP DEN Metamorphoßis Publij Ovidij / Naßonsis, DOOR C[arl]. V[an].M[ander]. / Het unsde Boeck. / VAN Pallas, OFT Minerva.
oil on canvas
canvas: 26 ⅞ by 34 ⅛ in.; 68.3 by 86.7 cm.
framed: 30 ⅜ by 38 ⅛ in.; 77.2 by 96.8 cm.
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby’s, 14 November 1988, lot 207;
With Galerie Delvaille, Paris, by 1989;
From whom acquired.Catalogue note
Collier executed this work relatively early in his career when still working in his native Holland. The still life features an assortment of popular collectables: natural curiosities, musical instruments, a copy of Karel van Mander’s Schilder-boeck (On Painting), a musical score, and a timepiece. As such, the work both displays precious collectables and was a collectable itself.
A piece of paper tucked between the book’s leaves bears the Latin inscription, “vanitas vanitatum omnia vanitas” (“vanity of vanities, all is vanity”). This moralizing message—that life is fleeting and consumed by vanity—is underscored by the violin’s broken string, unwound timepiece, and tropical shells, all associated with mortality.
Edwaert Collier
Breda 1642 - 1708 London
Vanitas still life with assorted shells, musical instruments, and Karel van Mander’s Schilder-boeck on a table
signed and dated lower left: E. Collier. f. / Anno 1670.
inscribed on left leaf of open book: VAN TVDEGENDE PEERT. / Pegasus.
inscribed on right leaf of open book: VYTLEGGINGE EN / SIN-GEVENDE VERCLARING. / OP DEN Metamorphoßis Publij Ovidij / Naßonsis, DOOR C[arl]. V[an].M[ander]. / Het unsde Boeck. / VAN Pallas, OFT Minerva.
oil on canvas
canvas: 26 ⅞ by 34 ⅛ in.; 68.3 by 86.7 cm.
framed: 30 ⅜ by 38 ⅛ in.; 77.2 by 96.8 cm.
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby’s, 14 November 1988, lot 207;
With Galerie Delvaille, Paris, by 1989;
From whom acquired.Catalogue note
Collier executed this work relatively early in his career when still working in his native Holland. The still life features an assortment of popular collectables: natural curiosities, musical instruments, a copy of Karel van Mander’s Schilder-boeck (On Painting), a musical score, and a timepiece. As such, the work both displays precious collectables and was a collectable itself.
A piece of paper tucked between the book’s leaves bears the Latin inscription, “vanitas vanitatum omnia vanitas” (“vanity of vanities, all is vanity”). This moralizing message—that life is fleeting and consumed by vanity—is underscored by the violin’s broken string, unwound timepiece, and tropical shells, all associated with mortality.
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