Sujet

Still life with a ledger, a skull and other objects, 1766. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Still life with a ledger, a skull and other objects, 1766. Ledger, inscribed "Debiti Tomo X" (Debts, volume 10), lying on its front cover. On top of it are ferns and an owl. It rests on an open medical manuscript, in which chapters on cancer and plague are visible. A magnifying glass rests on the manuscript. Right, a human skull, a rat, and a glass vase containing flowers. Far left, an oil lamp on a ledge. A tab inscribed '1766' protrudes from the pages of the medical manuscript

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A24_373

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

54,9Mo (3,0Mo) / 42,0cm x 32,8cm / 4960 x 3870 (300dpi)

Mots clés

nature animal still life medical medicine historical plant plants arts painting bird birds science art book pot skull museum color bird of prey owl fern ferns lighting death scene lamp depiction century plant pot magnifying glass debt ledger artwork literature concept vanity vase rat mortality manuscript LOUPE raptor flower pot flowerpot oil lamp Homeware oil Painting debts Colour glass Vase open Book Flower Vase 18th century Eighteenth Century transience culture history historic Oil on canvas eye glass Unknown vanitas Oil on canvas Cyathea 1760s Painting Heritage Art flower holder Wellcome Collection