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Young woman blowing a bubble beside a skull, violin and open book on a green-draped table, in a vanitas still life.

Bubble-blowing Girl with a Vanitas Still Life

A young woman in a blue bodice and white sleeves blows a bubble through a pipe in a stone niche, her other hand holding a shallow dish. A green-draped table holds a skull, a violin, and an open book, all arranged as a vanitas still life beside a dark red curtain.

Artist
manier van Adriaen van der Werff
Date
1680-1775
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
2548 × 3460 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1775.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Español: Muchacha soplando burbujas con una naturaleza muerta vanitas

Una joven con corpiño azul y mangas blancas sopla una burbuja con una pipa en un nicho de piedra, sosteniendo en la otra mano un plato poco profundo. Una mesa cubierta con tela verde sostiene un cráneo, un violín y un libro abierto, dispuestos como naturaleza muerta vanitas junto a una cortina roja oscura.

Português: Menina soprando bolhas com uma natureza-morta vanitas

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