Vanitas Still-Life

1640 - Painting - 50.7cm x 39.2cm

Vanities (Dutch: Vanitasstilleven), also known as the Allegory of the Vanities of Human Life, is a painting by the painter Harmen Steenwijck. It measures 39.2 cm high and 50.7 cm wide, and is painted in oil on oak board. It dates from approximately 1640-1645 and is housed in the National Gallery, London, under inventory number NG1256.