Pieter Claesz, 1628 - Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill - fine art print

Original artwork information from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (© - by The Metropolitan Museum of Art - www.metmuseum.org)

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.

Specifications of the art product

Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill was by the male artist Pieter Claesz. The original version has the size: 9 1/2 x 14 1/8 in (24,1 x 35,9 cm). Oil on wood was used by the Belgian painter as the technique for the masterpiece. What is more, the work of art can be viewed in in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. We are glad to reference that this public domain artpiece is being provided with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1949. Creditline of the artwork: Rogers Fund, 1949. Besides, the alignment is landscape and has an aspect ratio of 3 : 2, meaning that the length is 50% longer than the width.

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