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Engraving of a skull on a stone ledge with bones, a reclining skeleton below, and Latin and Greek inscriptions framing the scene.

Vanitas

An engraved vanitas print shows a large human skull resting on a stone ledge beside a leg bone and a small ball, with a skeleton reclining at the bottom. Inscribed Latin and Greek mottoes frame the central scene, with hourglasses and burning torches in the margins.

Artist
Jan Saenredam
Date
c. 1600
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1959 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1605).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds

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Un grabado de vanitas muestra una gran calavera apoyada sobre un bloque de piedra junto a un hueso de la pierna y una pequeña esfera, con un esqueleto recostado en la parte inferior. Lemas en latín y griego enmarcan la escena central, con relojes de arena y antorchas en los márgenes.

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