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Engraved vanitas print: a man and woman seated with a skull, hourglass and scattered objects, framed by ornate scrollwork and a banner.

Vanitas

A seated man and woman in period dress face each other across a skull, scattered coins, a clock-like object and an hourglass, with a pair of flasks and a cracked bowl below. Ornamental scrollwork with a banner frames the scene, and a distant landscape opens behind the figures in this engraved print.

Artist
attributed to Monogrammist XXX met L
Date
1550-1570
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
2892 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1570.
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: Vanitas: dos figuras con calavera, reloj de arena y símbolos

Un hombre y una mujer sentados, vestidos a la moda de la época, se miran a ambos lados de una calavera, monedas dispersas, un objeto parecido a un reloj y un reloj de arena. Abajo aparecen frascos y un cuenco roto; una orla ornamental con pergamino enmarca la escena grabada.

Português: Vanitas: duas figuras com caveira, ampulheta e símbolos

Um homem e uma mulher sentados, vestidos com trajes da época, olham-se em lados opostos de uma caveira, moedas espalhadas, um objeto semelhante a um relógio e uma ampulheta. Abaixo aparecem frascos e uma tigela rachada; uma moldura ornamental com faixa enquadra a cena gravada.

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