100 paintings - time, death and fragility
The 100 most famous vanities in painting
From the skull of Philippe de Champaigne to the meditations of Cézanne, Van Gogh and Ensor: a hundred paintings which transform the objects of the world into a reminder of our finitude.
The course classifies only paintings. The 100 works use their existing Alpha Reproduction images and sheets, without duplicates.
Painting vanity
Why is beauty reminiscent of death?
Vanity first attracts with the precision of a glass, a flower, a jewel or an instrument. Then a skull, a flame or a damaged fruit reverses the pleasure in meditation on time.
Vanity shows things vividly to remind us that their beauty, their worth and our own presence are temporary.
The classification brings together moral still lifes, allegories, skull portraits, soap bubbles, Saints Jerome and penitent Madeleines in order to tell the full extent of the genre.
The 100 most famous vanities in pictures
Twenty-five paintings which fixed the major symbols of time and death.
#1
Vanity
Ranked no. 1, Vanité shows how Philippe de Champaigne transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Flowers, fruits, books, instruments, jewelry and precious objects make up an attractive world whose instability is revealed by a detail: wear, reflection, disorder or perishable matter. In the 17th century, vanity became a major genre: the virtuosity of materials attracted the eye before return visual pleasure to moral meditation. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#2
The Ambassadors
Ranked No. 2, The Ambassadors shows how Hans Holbein the Younger transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Flowers, fruits, books, instruments, jewelry and precious objects make up an attractive world whose instability is revealed by a detail: wear, reflection, disorder or perishable matter. From the end of the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, mirror, skull and hourglass take place in the portrait and the allegory to recall the fragility of honors. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows us to see.
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#3
In Ictu Oculi
Classified no. 3, In Ictu Oculi shows how Juan de Valdés Leal transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. The skull or skeleton makes mortality impossible to avoid. Placed among goods, books or signs of power, it reminds us that all human success is provisional. In the 17th century, vanity became a major genre: the virtuosity of materials caught the eye before return visual pleasure to moral meditation. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows you to see. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work.
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#4
Finished Gloriae Mundi
Ranked No. 4, Finis Gloriae Mundi shows how Juan de Valdés Leal transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. The skull or skeleton makes mortality impossible to evade. Placed among goods, books or signs of power, it reminds us that all human success is provisional. In the 17th century, vanity became a major genre: the virtuosity of materials caught the eye before return visual pleasure to moral meditation. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting celebrity of the work.
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#5
Allegory of Vanity
Ranked No. 5, Allegory of Vanity shows how Antonio de Pereda transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Flowers, fruits, books, instruments, jewelry and precious objects make up an attractive world whose instability is revealed by a detail: wear, reflection, disorder or perishable matter. In the 17th century, vanity became a major genre: the virtuosity of materials attracted the eye before returning visual pleasure to moral meditation. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work. THE tableau remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#6
Still life with a skull and a writing pen
Ranked No. 6, Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Pen shows how Pieter Claesz transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. The skull or skeleton makes mortality impossible to evade. Placed among goods, books or signs of power, it reminds us that all human success is provisional. In the 17th century, vanity became a major genre: the virtuosity of materials catches the eye before returning visual pleasure to moral meditation. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on the time, desire and disappearance.
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#7
Vanity to musical instruments, with the five senses
Ranked No. 7, Vanity with Musical Instruments, with the Five Senses shows how Pieter Claesz transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Flowers, fruits, books, instruments, jewelry and precious objects make up an attractive world whose instability is revealed by a detail: wear, reflection, disorder or perishable matter. In the 17th century, vanity became a major genre: the virtuosity of materials attract the eye before returning visual pleasure to moral meditation. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complement what the image digital allows you to see. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work.
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#8
Vanitas, still life
Classified no. 8, Vanitas, still life shows how James of Gheyn II transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. The skull or skeleton makes mortality impossible to avoid. Placed among goods, books or signs of power, it reminds us that all human success is provisional. In the 17th century, vanity became a major genre: the virtuosity of materials caught the eye first to return visual pleasure to moral meditation. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work.
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#9
Vanity with books, musical instruments and skull
Ranked No. 9, Vanity with Books, Musical Instruments and Skull shows how Edwaert Collier transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. The skull or skeleton makes mortality impossible to evade. Placed among goods, books or signs of power, it reminds us that all human success is provisional. In the 17th century, vanity became a major genre: the virtuosity of materials attract the eye before returning visual pleasure to moral meditation. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the celebrity durable of the work. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#10
Vanity with books, manuscripts and skull
Ranked No. 10, Vanity with Books, Manuscripts and Skull shows how Edwaert Collier transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. The skull or skeleton makes mortality impossible to evade. Placed among goods, books or signs of power, it reminds us that all human success is provisional. In the 17th century, vanity became a major genre: the virtuosity of materials attracted the look before returning visual pleasure to moral meditation. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, the desire and disappearance.
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#11
Vanity, still life
Classified No. 11, Vanity, Still Life shows how Edwaert Collier transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. The skull or skeleton makes mortality impossible to evade. Placed among goods, books or signs of power, it reminds us that all human success is provisional. In the 17th century, vanity became a major genre: the virtuosity of materials caught the eye before return visual pleasure to moral meditation. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows you to see. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work.
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#12
Triptych of Earthly Vanity
Classified No. 12, Triptych of Terrestrial Vanity shows how Hans Memling transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Flowers, fruits, books, instruments, jewelry and precious objects make up an attractive world whose instability is revealed by a detail: wear, reflection, disorder or perishable matter. From the end of the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, mirror, skull and hourglass take place in the portrait and allegory to recall the fragility of honors. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work.
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#13
Vanity
Ranked No. 13, Vanity shows how Hans Memling transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Flowers, fruits, books, instruments, jewelry and precious objects make up an attractive world whose instability is revealed by a detail: wear, reflection, disorder or perishable matter. From the end of the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, mirror, skull and hourglass take their place in portraiture and allegory to recall the fragility of honors. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work. The painting remains one landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#14
The Madeleine with the smoking flame
Classified no. 14, The Madeleine with the Smoking Flame shows how Georges de La Tour transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Time is measured by an hourglass, a flame or a burning candle. Light brings objects to life while announcing their imminent disappearance. Baroque chiaroscuro transforms saints and penitents into figures of meditation, surrounded by books, flames and symbols of time. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance. The real scale, the material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows us to see.
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#15
The Madeleine in the mirror
Classified no. 15, The Madeleine in the Mirror shows how Georges de La Tour transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. Baroque chiaroscuro transforms saints and penitents into figures of meditation, surrounded by books, flames and symbols of time. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows you to see. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work.
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#16
The Madeleine with two flames
Classified no. 16, The Madeleine of the Two Flames shows how Georges de La Tour transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Time is measured by an hourglass, a flame or a burning candle. Light brings objects to life while announcing their imminent disappearance. Baroque chiaroscuro transforms saints and penitents into figures of meditation, surrounded by books, flames and symbols of time. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and the button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work. This alliance between seduction visual and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work.
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#17
The Madeleine at the night light
Classified no. 17, La Madeleine à la nouveuse shows how Georges de La Tour transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Time is measured by an hourglass, a flame or a burning candle. Light gives life to objects while announcing their imminent disappearance. Baroque chiaroscuro transforms saints and penitents into figures of meditation, surrounded by books, flames and symbols of time. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and the button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#18
Saint Jerome writing
Classified no. 18, Saint Jerome writing shows how Caravaggio transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. Baroque chiaroscuro transforms saints and penitents into figures of meditation, surrounded by books and flames and symbols of time. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance. The scale real, the material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows us to see.
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#19
Saint Jerome in meditation
Classified no. 19, Saint Jerome in meditation shows how Caravaggio transforms vanity into pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. Baroque chiaroscuro transforms saints and penitents into figures of meditation, surrounded by books, flames and symbols of time. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows you to see. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work.
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#20
Pyramid of skulls
Classified No. 20, Pyramid of Skulls shows how Paul Cézanne transforms vanity into pictorial experience. The skull or skeleton makes mortality impossible to evade. Placed among goods, books or signs of power, it reminds us that all human success is provisional. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped vanity of its setting to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available about the work.
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#21
The Three Skulls
Classified no. 21, The Three Skulls shows how Théodore Géricault transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. The skull or skeleton makes mortality impossible to avoid. Placed among goods, books or signs of power, it reminds us that all human success is provisional. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped vanity of its setting to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and the button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains it lasting fame of the work. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#22
Skull with lit cigarette
Ranked No. 22, Skull with Lighted Cigarette shows how Vincent van Gogh transforms vanity into pictorial experience. The skull or skeleton makes mortality impossible to evade. Placed among goods, books or signs of power, it reminds us that all human success is provisional. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped it vanity of its setting to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms objects ordinary in meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#23
Young man holding a skull
Ranked No. 23, Young Man Holding a Skull shows how Frans Hals transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. The skull or skeleton makes mortality impossible to evade. Placed among goods, books or signs of power, it reminds us that all human success is provisional. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped the vanity of its setting to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what digital image allows you to see.
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#24
Saint Francis contemplating a skull
Classified no. 24, Saint Francis contemplating a skull shows how Francisco de Zurbaran transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. The skull or skeleton makes mortality impossible to evade. Placed among goods, books or signs of power, it reminds us that all human success is provisional. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries strip vanity of its setting to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and available information about the work.
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#25
Soap Bubbles
Ranked no. 25, Les Bulles de savon shows how Jean Siméon Chardin transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. The soap bubble, brilliant and almost immaterial, condenses the idea of vanity: beauty, play and existence can burst in an instant. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped vanity of its decor to confront directly the spectator with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#26
Soap Bubbles
Ranked no. 26, Les Bulles de savon shows how Édouard Manet transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. The soap bubble, brilliant and almost immaterial, condenses the idea of vanity: beauty, play and existence can burst in an instant. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped vanity of its decor to directly confront the spectator with skull, body and disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows us to see.
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#27
Soap Bubbles
Ranked No. 27, The Soap Bubbles shows how David Teniers the Younger transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. The soap bubble, brilliant and almost immaterial, condenses the idea of vanity: beauty, play and existence can burst in an instant. In the 17th century, vanity became a major genre: the virtuosity of materials attracted the eye before turning visual pleasure into moral meditation. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows you to see. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows you to see. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work.
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#28
Two children blowing bubbles, circa 1617
Classified no. 28, Two Children Blowing Bubbles, circa 1617 shows how Antoine van Dyck transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. The soap bubble, brilliant and almost immaterial, condenses the idea of vanity: beauty, play and existence can burst in an instant. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped vanity of its decor for directly confront the viewer with the skull, body and disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and information available on the work. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work.
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#29
And in Arcadia ego
Classified no. 29, Et in Arcadia ego shows how Le Guerchin transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Flowers, fruits, books, instruments, jewelry and precious objects make up an attractive world whose instability is revealed by a detail: wear, reflection, disorder or perishable matter. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped the vanity of its setting to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and the button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains it lasting fame of the work. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#30
Vanity
Classified no. 30, Vanité shows how Simon Vouet transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Flowers, fruits, books, instruments, jewelry and precious objects make up an attractive world whose instability is revealed by a detail: wear, reflection, disorder or perishable matter. In the 17th century, vanity became a major genre: the virtuosity of materials caught the eye before turning it over visual pleasure in moral meditation. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows us to see.
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#31
Vanity
Classified No. 31, Vanity shows how Titian transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Flowers, fruits, books, instruments, jewelry and precious objects make up an attractive world whose instability is revealed by a detail: wear, reflection, disorder or perishable matter. Baroque chiaroscuro transforms saints and penitents into figures of meditation, surrounded by books, flames and symbols of time. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows you to see. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding file and the information available on the work. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work.
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#32
Vanity
Ranked No. 32, Vanity shows how John William Waterhouse transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Flowers, fruits, books, instruments, jewelry and precious objects make up an attractive world whose instability is revealed by a detail: wear, reflection, disorder or perishable matter. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped vanity of its setting to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work.
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#33
Vanity
Ranked No. 33, Vanity shows how Mattia Preti transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Flowers, fruits, books, instruments, jewelry and precious objects make up an attractive world whose instability is revealed by a detail: wear, reflection, disorder or perishable matter. In the 17th century, vanity became a major genre: the virtuosity of materials caught the eye before turning it over visual pleasure in moral meditation. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and the button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#34
Vanity
Classified no. 34, Vanité shows how Le Guerchin transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Flowers, fruits, books, instruments, jewelry and precious objects make up an attractive world whose instability is revealed by a detail: wear, reflection, disorder or perishable matter. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped vanity of its decor to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance. Real scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows us to see.
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#35
Vanity
Ranked No. 35, Vanity shows how David Teniers the Younger transformed vanity into a pictorial experience. Flowers, fruits, books, instruments, jewelry and precious objects make up an attractive world whose instability is revealed by a detail: wear, reflection, disorder or perishable matter. In the 17th century, vanity became a major genre: the virtuosity of materials attracted the eye before return visual pleasure to moral meditation. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows you to see. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work.
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#36
Vanity
Classified no. 36, Vanité shows how Nicolas de Largillière transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Flowers, fruits, books, instruments, jewelry and precious objects make up an attractive world whose instability is revealed by a detail: wear, reflection, disorder or perishable matter. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped vanity of its setting to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work.
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#37
Pumps and vanities
Ranked No. 37, Pumps and Vanities shows how John Collier transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Flowers, fruits, books, instruments, jewelry and precious objects make up an attractive world whose instability is revealed by a detail: wear, reflection, disorder or perishable matter. In the 17th century, vanity became a major genre: the virtuosity of materials attracted the eye before return visual pleasure to moral meditation. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#38
Self-portrait with vanity still life
Ranked No. 38, Self-portrait with a Vanity Still Life shows how Samuel van Hoogstraten transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. The skull or skeleton makes mortality impossible to evade. Placed among goods, books or signs of power, it reminds us that all human success is provisional. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and theirs contemporaries strip vanity of its setting to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The painting remains a landmark because may he transform ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#39
Modesty and Vanity
Classified no. 39, Modesty and Vanity shows how Bernardino Luini transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Flowers, fruits, books, instruments, jewelry and precious objects make up an attractive world whose instability is revealed by a detail: wear, reflection, disorder or perishable matter. From the end of the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, mirror, skull and hourglass take place in the portrait and allegory to recall the fragility of honors. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows to see. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding file and the information available on the work.
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#40
Portrait of a man - Memento mori
Ranked No. 40, Portrait of a Man - Memento mori shows how Andrea Previtali transforms vanity into pictorial experience. The skull or skeleton makes mortality impossible to evade. Placed among goods, books or signs of power, it reminds us that all human success is provisional. From the end of the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, mirror, skull and hourglass take place in the portrait and allegory to recall the fragility of honors. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work.
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#41
Portrait of a man with a skull
Ranked No. 41, Portrait of a Man with a Skull shows how Lorenzo Lotto transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. The skull or skeleton makes mortality impossible to evade. Placed among goods, books or signs of power, it reminds us that all human success is provisional. From the end of the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, mirror, skull and hourglass take their place in the portrait and the allegory to recall the fragility of honors. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work. THE tableau remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#42
Cupid with soap bubble
Ranked No. 42, Cupid with the Soap Bubble shows how Rembrandt transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. The soap bubble, brilliant and almost immaterial, condenses the idea of vanity: beauty, play and existence can burst in an instant. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped vanity of its decor to directly confront the spectator with skull, body and disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows us to see.
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#43
Cupid with an hourglass
Ranked No. 43, Cupid with an hourglass shows how Guido Reni transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Time is measured by an hourglass, a flame or a burning candle. Light brings objects to life while announcing their imminent disappearance. Baroque chiaroscuro transforms saints and penitents into figures of meditation, surrounded by books, flames and symbols of time. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows you to see. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows you to see. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and available information about the work.
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#44
Hourglass
Classified No. 44, Hourglass shows how Giorgione transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Time is measured by an hourglass, a flame or a burning candle. Light brings objects to life while announcing their imminent disappearance. From the end of the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, mirror, skull and hourglass take their place in the portrait and allegory to recall the fragility of honors. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and the button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work. This alliance between visual seduction and moral Warning explains the work's lasting fame.
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#45
Time like an old man with a scythe and a winged hourglass
Ranked No. 45, Time as an Old Man with a Fake and a Winged Hourglass shows how David Teniers the Younger transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Time is measured by an hourglass, a flame or a burning candle. Light brings objects to life while announcing their imminent disappearance. In the 17th century, vanity became a major genre: the virtuosity of materials catches the eye before returning visual pleasure to moral meditation. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains lasting fame of work.
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#46
Vanity, known as La Vieille Coquette
Classified no. 46, Vanity, known as La Vieille Coquette, shows how Bernardo Strozzi transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Flowers, fruits, books, instruments, jewelry and precious objects make up an attractive world whose instability is revealed by a detail: wear, reflection, disorder or perishable matter. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries strip vanity of its setting to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects in meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#47
Death pursuing the herd of humans
Ranked No. 47, Death Pursuing the Herd of Humans shows how James Ensor transforms vanity into pictorial experience. The skull or skeleton makes mortality impossible to evade. Placed among goods, books or signs of power, it reminds us that all human success is provisional. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries strip vanity of its setting to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The actual scale, material and nuances of surface completes what the digital image allows us to see.
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#48
Book, mask and skull
Ranked No. 48, Book, Mask and Skull shows how James Ensor transforms vanity into pictorial experience. The skull or skeleton makes mortality impossible to evade. Placed among goods, books or signs of power, it reminds us that all human success is provisional. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped vanity of its setting to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available about the work.
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#49
Skull
Classified no. 49, Skull shows how Paul Cézanne transforms vanity into pictorial experience. The skull or skeleton makes mortality impossible to avoid. Placed among goods, books or signs of power, it reminds us that all human success is provisional. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped vanity of its decor for directly confront the viewer with the skull, body and disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains lasting fame of the work. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#50
Skull and candlestick
Classified no. 50, Skull and Candlestick shows how Paul Cézanne transforms vanity into pictorial experience. The skull or skeleton makes mortality impossible to evade. Placed among goods, books or signs of power, it reminds us that all human success is provisional. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped vanity of its setting to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#51
Still life with skull
Classified no. 51, Still Life with a Skull shows how Paul Cézanne transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. The skull or skeleton makes mortality impossible to evade. Placed among goods, books or signs of power, it reminds us that all human success is provisional. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped vanity of its decor to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the image digital allows you to see.
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#52
Three skulls
Classified no. 52, Three Skulls shows how Paul Cézanne transforms vanity into pictorial experience. The skull or skeleton makes mortality impossible to avoid. Placed among goods, books or signs of power, it reminds us that all human success is provisional. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped vanity of its decor to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and the button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work.
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#53
Three skulls on an oriental carpet
Classified no. 53, Three Skulls on an Oriental Carpet shows how Paul Cézanne transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. The skull or skeleton makes mortality impossible to avoid. Placed among goods, books or signs of power, it reminds us that all human success is provisional. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped it vanity of its setting to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the enduring fame of the work.
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#54
Skeleton skull
Classified No. 54, Skeleton Skull shows how Vincent van Gogh transforms vanity into pictorial experience. The skull or skeleton makes mortality impossible to evade. Placed among goods, books or signs of power, it reminds us that all human success is provisional. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped the vanity of its setting to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#55
Two skulls in a window niche
Ranked No. 55, Two Skulls in a Window Niche shows how Hans Holbein the Younger transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. The skull or skeleton makes mortality impossible to evade. Placed among goods, books or signs of power, it reminds us that all human success is provisional. From the end of the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, mirror, skull and hourglass take place in the portrait and the allegory to recall the fragility of honors. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows to see. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding file and the information available on the work.
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#56
Boy with a skull
Ranked No. 56, Boy with a Skull shows how Magnus Enckell transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. The skull or skeleton makes mortality impossible to evade. Placed among goods, books or signs of power, it reminds us that all human success is provisional. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped vanity of its setting to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available about the work.
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#57
A hermit gazing at a skull
Ranked No. 57, A Hermit Contemplating a Skull shows how Salvator Rosa transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. The skull or skeleton makes mortality impossible to evade. Placed among goods, books or signs of power, it reminds us that all human success is provisional. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped it vanity of its setting to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#58
Books, candle and bronze statuette
Classified No. 58, Books, Candle and Bronze Statuette shows how Sébastien Stoskopff transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Time is measured by an hourglass, a flame or a burning candle. Light brings objects to life while announcing their imminent disappearance. In the 17th century, vanity became a major genre: the virtuosity of materials caught the eye before return visual pleasure to moral meditation. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows us to see.
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#59
Still life with flowers. Vanity
Classified no. 59, Still life with flowers. Vanity shows how Jan II de Heem transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. The skull or skeleton makes mortality impossible to evade. Placed among goods, books or signs of power, it reminds us that all human success is provisional. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped it vanity of its decor to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete this that digital image allows you to see.
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#60
Vanity with a royal crown and the portrait of Charles I of England
Ranked No. 60, Vanity with a Royal Crown and the portrait of Charles I of England shows how Vincent Laurensz van de Vinne transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Flowers, fruits, books, instruments, jewelry and precious objects make up an attractive world whose instability is revealed by a detail: wear, reflection, disorder or perishable matter. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries strip vanity of its setting to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. THE link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work.
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#61
End of snack
Ranked No. 61, End of Snack shows how Willem Claesz. Heda transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Flowers, fruits, books, instruments, jewelry and precious objects make up an attractive world whose instability is revealed by a detail: wear, reflection, disorder or perishable matter. In the 17th century, vanity became a major genre: the virtuosity of materials attracted the eye before returning visual pleasure to moral meditation. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work. THE tableau remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#62
Still life with poppy, insects and reptiles
Classified No. 62, Still Life with Poppy, Insects and Reptiles shows how Otto Marseus van Schrieck transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. The skull or skeleton makes mortality impossible to evade. Placed among goods, books or signs of power, it reminds us that all human success is provisional. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries strip vanity of its setting to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The painting remains a landmark because may he transform ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#63
Saint John the Baptist (front); a skull (back)
Classified no. 63, Saint John the Baptist (front); a skull (back) shows how Hans Memling transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. The skull or skeleton makes mortality impossible to evade. Placed among goods, books or signs of power, it reminds us that all human success is provisional. From the end of the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, mirror, skull and hourglass take place in the portrait and the allegory to recall the fragility of honors. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows to see. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding file and the information available on the work.
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#64
Allegory of prudence triumphing over vanity (Allegory of faith)
Classified No. 64, Allegory of Prudence Triumphant over Vanity (Allegory of Faith) shows how David Teniers the Younger transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Flowers, fruits, books, instruments, jewelry and precious objects make up an attractive world whose instability is revealed by a detail: wear, reflection, disorder or perishable matter. In the 17th century, vanity became a genre major: the virtuosity of the materials catches the eye before returning the visual pleasure to moral meditation. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The link associated with the image allows you to find the sheet correspondent and available information about the work.
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#65
Saint Jerome
Classified no. 65, Saint Jerome shows how Juan de Valdés Leal transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into an interior examination. In the 17th century, vanity became a major genre: the virtuosity of materials attracted the eye before return visual pleasure to moral meditation. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#66
Saint Jerome
Classified no. 66, Saint Jerome shows how Jusepe de Ribera transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. Baroque chiaroscuro transforms saints and penitents into figures of meditation, surrounded by books, flames and symbols of time. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance. The real scale, the material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows us to see.
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#67
Saint Jerome
Classified no. 67, Saint Jerome shows how Caravaggio transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. Baroque chiaroscuro transforms saints and penitents into figures of meditation, surrounded by books, flames and symbols of time. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows you to see. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows you to see. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work.
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#68
Saint Jerome in penance
Classified no. 68, Saint Jerome in Penance shows how Titian transforms vanity into pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. Baroque chiaroscuro transforms saints and penitents into figures of meditation, surrounded by books and flames and symbols of time. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and the button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work. This alliance between seduction visual and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work.
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#69
Saint Jerome writing
Classified no. 69, Saint Jerome writing shows how Jusepe de Ribera transforms vanity into pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. Baroque chiaroscuro transforms saints and penitents into figures of meditation, surrounded by books, flames and symbols of time. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#70
Saint Jerome penitent
Classified no. 70, Saint Jerome the Penitent shows how Jusepe de Ribera transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. Baroque chiaroscuro transforms saints and penitents into figures of meditation, surrounded by books, flames and symbols of time. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows us to see.
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#71
Saint Jerome penitent
Classified no. 71, Saint Jerome the Penitent shows how Marco Basaiti transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped vanity of its decor to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the image digital allows you to see. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work.
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#72
The vision of Saint Jerome
Classified no. 72, The Vision of Saint Jerome shows how Jusepe de Ribera transforms vanity into pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. Baroque chiaroscuro transforms saints and penitents into figures of meditation, surrounded by books, of flames and symbols of time. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work.
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#73
Saint Jerome and the Angel
Classified no. 73, Saint Jerome and the Angel shows how Jusepe de Ribera transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. Baroque chiaroscuro transforms saints and penitents into figures of meditation, surrounded by books, flames and symbols of time. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#74
Saint Jerome and the Angel of Judgment
Classified no. 74, Saint Jerome and the Angel of Judgment shows how Jusepe de Ribera transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. Baroque chiaroscuro transforms saints and penitents into figures of meditation, surrounded by books, flames and symbols of time. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows us to see.
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#75
Saint Jerome with a skull (after Albrecht Dürer)
Classified no. 75, Saint Jerome with a Skull (after Albrecht Dürer) shows how Marinus van Reymerswale transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. The skull or skeleton makes mortality impossible to evade. Placed among goods, books or signs of power, it reminds us that all human success is provisional. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and theirs contemporaries strip vanity of its setting to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complement what the digital image allows you to see.
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#76
Penitent Madeleine
Classified no. 76, Madeleine Penitent shows how Georges de La Tour transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. Baroque chiaroscuro transforms saints and penitents into figures of meditation, surrounded by books, flames and symbols of time. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and the button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work.
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#77
The penitent Madeleine in a landscape
Classified no. 77, The Penitent Magdalene in a Landscape shows how Artemisia Gentileschi transforms vanity into pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. Baroque chiaroscuro transforms saints and penitents into figures of meditation, surrounded by books, flames and symbols of time. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work. THE tableau remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#78
Penitent Madeleine
Classified no. 78, Penitent Magdalene shows how Artemisia Gentileschi transforms vanity into pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. Baroque chiaroscuro transforms saints and penitents into figures of meditation, surrounded by books, flames and symbols of time. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows us to see.
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#79
Penitent Madeleine
Classified no. 79, Penitent Madeleine shows how El Greco transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. Baroque chiaroscuro transforms saints and penitents into figures of meditation, surrounded by books, flames and symbols of time. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows you to see. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows you to see. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work.
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#80
Penitent Madeleine
Classified no. 80, Madeleine Penitent shows how Bartolomé Esteban Murillo transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. Baroque chiaroscuro transforms saints and penitents into figures of meditation, surrounded by books, flames and symbols of time. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting celebrity of the work.
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#81
Penitent Madeleine
Classified no. 81, Penitent Magdalene shows how Titian transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. Baroque chiaroscuro transforms saints and penitents into figures of meditation, surrounded by books, flames and symbols of time. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and the button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#82
The penitent Madeleine
Classified no. 82, The Penitent Madeleine shows how Paul Veronese transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped vanity of its setting to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#83
The repentant Madeleine
Classified no. 83, The Repentant Madeleine shows how Simon Vouet transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into an interior examination. In the 17th century, vanity became a major genre: the virtuosity of materials attracted the eye before return visual pleasure to moral meditation. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows you to see. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work.
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#84
The penitent Madeleine
Classified no. 84, La Madeleine penitente shows how Philippe de Champaigne transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into an interior examination. In the 17th century, vanity became a major genre: the virtuosity of materials attracted the eye before returning visual pleasure to moral meditation. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work.
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#85
The penitent Madeleine
Classified no. 85, The Penitent Madeleine shows how Carlo Dolci transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped vanity of its setting to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and the button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains it lasting fame of the work. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#86
Penitent Madeleine
Classified no. 86, Penitent Magdalene shows how Jusepe de Ribera transforms vanity into pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. Baroque chiaroscuro transforms saints and penitents into figures of meditation, surrounded by books, flames and symbols of time. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows us to see.
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#87
Penitent Madeleine
Classified no. 87, Madeleine Penitent shows how Antoine van Dyck transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped vanity of its setting to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the image digital allows you to see. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work.
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#88
Penitent Madeleine
Classified no. 88, Madeleine Penitent shows how Guido Reni transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. Baroque chiaroscuro transforms saints and penitents into figures of meditation, surrounded by books, flames and symbols of time. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and the button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work. This alliance between seduction visual and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#89
Penitent Madeleine
Classified no. 89, Penitent Madeleine shows how Orazio Gentileschi transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. Baroque chiaroscuro transforms saints and penitents into figures of meditation, surrounded by books, flames and symbols of time. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#90
Penitent Madeleine
Classified no. 90, Madeleine Penitent shows how Le Guerchin transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped vanity of its setting to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#91
Penitent Mary Magdalene
Classified No. 91, Mary Magdalene Penitent shows how Peter Paul Rubens transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. Baroque chiaroscuro transforms saints and penitents into figures of meditation, surrounded by books, of flames and symbols of time. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows you to see. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work.
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#92
Penitent Madeleine
Classified no. 92, Penitent Madeleine shows how Pompeo Batoni transforms vanity into pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped vanity of its setting to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work.
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#93
Penitent Mary Magdalene
Classified no. 93, Mary Magdalene Penitent shows how Francesco Hayez transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped vanity from its setting to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and the button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains it lasting fame of the work. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#94
Penitent Mary Magdalene
Classified no. 94, Penitent Mary Magdalene shows how Arnold Böcklin transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped it vanity of its setting to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms objects ordinary in meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#95
Penitent Madeleine
Classified no. 95, Penitent Madeleine shows how Filippino Lippi transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped vanity of its decor to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the image digital allows you to see. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work.
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#96
The penitent Madeleine
Classified no. 96, The Penitent Madeleine shows how Anton Raphael Mengs transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped vanity from its setting to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and information available on the work. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work.
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#97
The penitent Madeleine
Classified no. 97, The Penitent Madeleine shows how Corrado Giaquinto transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped vanity of its setting to directly confront the viewer with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains it lasting fame of the work. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance.
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#98
Soap bubbles
Ranked No. 98, Bubbles of Soap shows how Hans Andersen Brendekilde transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. The soap bubble, brilliant and almost immaterial, condenses the idea of vanity: beauty, play and existence can burst in an instant. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped vanity of its decor to confront directly the spectator with the skull, the body and the disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The painting remains a landmark because it transforms ordinary objects into meditation on time, desire and disappearance. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows us to see.
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#99
Children blow bubbles
Ranked No. 99, Children Make Bubbles shows how Hans Andersen Brendekilde transforms vanity into a pictorial experience. The soap bubble, brilliant and almost immaterial, condenses the idea of vanity: beauty, play and existence can burst in an instant. From the 19th to the 20th century, Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Ensor and their contemporaries stripped vanity of its decor to confront directly the viewer to the skull, body and disappearance. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The actual scale, material and surface nuances complete what the digital image allows to see. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding file and the information available on the work.
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#100
Penitent Mary Magdalene
Classified no. 100, Mary Magdalene Penitent shows how Jusepe de Ribera transforms vanity into pictorial experience. Religious meditation combines withdrawal, books, penance and signs of mortality. The living body confronts finitude in order to transform the gaze into interior examination. Baroque chiaroscuro transforms saints and penitents into figures of meditation, surrounded by books, of flames and symbols of time. The dating chosen is Dating indicated on the sheet and the technique indicated is oil on canvas or panel. The image and button open the existing Alpha Reproduction sheet, used without creating a duplicate in the store. The link associated with the image allows you to find the corresponding sheet and the information available on the work. This alliance between visual seduction and moral warning explains the lasting fame of the work.
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Three ranking criteria
Rank combines fame, historical significance and symbolic force, with control of 100 links and images.
Notoriety
The place of the painting in collective memory, collections and the history of the vanity genre.
Symbols
Skull, hourglass, flame, bubble, flower or precious object must build a true meditation on finitude.
Balance
Still lifes, allegories, portraits and meditating figures tell the story of several centuries of painting.
A painted vanity story
From medieval mirror to modern skull
Memling, Holbein and Renaissance painters introduced skull, mirror and hourglass into portraiture and moral allegory.
Claesz, Collier, Champaigne, Pereda and Valdés Leal make vanity one of the great pictorial languages of the 17th century.
Géricault, Cézanne, Van Gogh and Ensor then reduced the genre to direct, physical and modern confrontations with death.
Sources and catalog
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The images and ranking buttons open the 100 corresponding Alpha Reproduction files. The public collections complete the historical context of the works.
Vanities from the 17th century
01Louvre MuseumPhilippe de Champaigne and the French masters02Prado MuseumPereda, Valdés Leal and Spanish paintingFrequently asked questions
Understand vanity rankings
Method, symbols, genres and links: useful landmarks for browsing the hundred paintings.
How was this top 100 established?
The ranking combines celebrity, historical importance, symbolic richness and diversity of pictorial traditions.
Are all works paintings?
Yes. Drawings, prints, sculptures, photographs and posters were excluded.
What's vanity in painting?
A vanity recalls the brevity of life and the fragility of earthly goods by means of skulls, hourglasses, candles, flowers, bubbles or precious objects.
Why include Madeleines and Saints Jerome?
These meditating figures, often accompanied by a skull, a book or a flame, belong to the same visual culture of finitude.
Is a still life always a vanity?
No. Only works where signs of time, disappearance or fragility really structure the meaning have been retained.
Do the 100 images open the Alpha store?
Yes. They use 100 existing and separate Alpha Reproduction cards, without creating duplicates.
How were the images controlled?
Each title, image, artist and link have been reconciled in the catalog before publication.
Have the museums validated this classification?
No. This is an independent editorial selection based on the notoriety and history of painting.
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