Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill
1628
24.0 x 36.0 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art
In this still life, close observation and realistic detail operate in tension with explicit symbolism. The toppled glass, gap-toothed skull, and guttering wick of an oil lamp all serve as stark symbols of life’s brevity. Working with a limited palette of grays and browns, Claesz carefully describes the surfaces of these unsettling objects. By arranging them on a pitted stone ledge, the artist connects the picture’s space to our own, making the message all the more compelling.
Pieter Claesz Soutman (1580 – 1657)
Pieter Claesz Soutman (1593-1657) was a Dutch Golden Age painter known for realistic still lifes, portraits & group scenes. Influenced by Rubens & Hals, he served as court painter to Sigismund III Vasa. Explore his works today!
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, United States of America)
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O ovom umetničkom delu
- Naslov: Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill
- Umetnik: Pieter Claesz Soutman
- Godina: 1628
- Prvobitne dimenzije: 24.0 x 36.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Status autorskih prava: Javno vlasništvo
- Mesto izlaganja: Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Dominantna boja: Phthalo Green
- Percepcija svetline: deep_shadow