The world of vanity still lifesChampaigne, Claesz, Collier and Van Gogh move the skull between condensed emblem, five senses, library of knowledge and modern irony with cigarettes.
15th - 17th centuryFormation and apogee of vanity
Skull and hourglassTwo major signs of the weather
1885 -1886Van Gogh's cigarette skull
° 8,000Cumulative works of the artists presented - overall estimate
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15th - 19th century · time, knowledge and mortality
Champaigne, Claesz, Collier and Van Gogh move the skull between condensed emblem, five senses, library of knowledge and modern irony with cigarettes.
Vanity reminds us that wealth, pleasure, knowledge and life are temporary, but its objects change the tone of the message. Philippe de Champaigne reduces the allegory to three signs: skull, tulip and hourglass. Life, death and time acquire one almost grammatical clarity. Pieter Claesz accumulates musical instruments and objects linked to the five senses; material virtuosity itself becomes subject to disappearance. Edwaert Collier places books, manuscripts and skull in one scholarly disorder where knowledge does not protect time. Van Gogh draws or paints a skull with a lit cigarette, probably in the context of his academic apprenticeship in Antwerp: the image combines anatomical study, dark humor and challenge to conventions. The "Vanity still lifes" selection notably compares Vanity and Vanity to musical instruments, with the five senses. His reading favors the material.
Vanity doesn't just say "you die": it asks what flowers, music, books or pleasures are worth during the available time.
Course & style
Journey, subjects and pictorial language
Vanity reminds us that wealth, pleasure, knowledge and life are temporary, but its objects change the tone of the message. Philippe de Champaigne reduces the allegory to three signs: skull, tulip and hourglass. Life, death and time acquire one almost grammatical clarity. Pieter Claesz accumulates musical instruments and objects linked to the five senses; material virtuosity itself becomes subject to disappearance. Edwaert Collier places books, manuscripts and skull in one scholarly disorder where knowledge does not protect time. Van Gogh draws or paints a skull with a lit cigarette, probably in the context of his academic apprenticeship in Antwerp: the image combines anatomical study, dark humor and challenge to conventions.
Include death in devotion
Skull and grave accompany meditation and salvation. This milestone sheds light on the "Vanity Still Lifes" collection by favoring the material.
Deploy the world's goods
Flowers, music and books make the message more sensual.
Hijack the emblem
Van Gogh transforms the skull into an ironic study.
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Hourglass
Time becomes visible matter that passes. This line guides a reading of "Vanity Still Lifes" centered on matter.
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Cut tulip
Beauty is shown just as it begins to fade.
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Silent instrument
The absent music recalls the brief duration of the pleasure.
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Cigarette smoke
The living breath is replaced by paltry combustion.
Explore by universe
Compare four tones of vanity
Condensing, seducing, accumulating and ironizing produce very different meditations.
Champaigne01
Reduce to three signs
Skull, flower and hourglass make up a clear formula.
For meditation. Reading "Vanity Still Lifes" through the material.Claesz02
Make the senses shine
Music and materials make the world desirable before denying it.
For the paradoxNecklace03
Stack knowledge
Books and manuscripts remain vulnerable to time.
For scholarshipVan Gogh04
Smoking with death
Dark humor disturbs traditional morality.
For modernityChampaigne condenses the message into three objects05
Vanity
Skull, tulip and hourglass articulate death, life and time without detour.
Landmark work of Vanity Still LifesClaesz involves all five senses06
Vanity to musical instruments, with the five senses
Instruments and materials make pleasure visible while emphasizing its future silence.
Landmark work of Vanity Still Lifes
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Four vanities
The selection brings together Philippe de Champaigne, Pieter Claesz, Edwaert Collier and Van Gogh.
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