The Vanitas genre made use of the still-life form in order to conjure up the transient quality of life and the vanity of living in the artworks that were produced.Īt the time, great commercial trading wealth and regular military conflict consumed Europe, which provided painters with interesting subject matters and ideas to consider. Originating in the Netherlands during the 16 th and 17 th centuries, Vanitas became a very widespread type of Dutch master painting. 4.10 Pieter Boel: Allegory of the Vanities of the World (1663).4.9 Edwaert Collier: Vanitas – Still Life with Books and Manuscripts and a Skull (1663).4.8 Joris van Son: Allegory on Human Life (1658 – 1660).4.7 Harmen van Steenwyck: Still Life: An Allegory of the Vanities of Human Life (1640).4.6 Judith Leyster: The Last Drop (The Gay Cavalier) (1639).4.5 Willem Claesz: Still Life with Oysters (1635).4.4 Jan Miense Molenaer: Allegory of Vanity (1633).4.3 Antonio de Pereda: Allegory of Vanity (1632 – 1636).4.2 Pieter Claesz: Vanitas Still Life with violin and glass ball (c.4.1 Hans Holbein the Younger: The Ambassadors (1533).4 Famous Vanitas Artists and Their Artworks.2.2 The Relationship Between Vanitas and Religion.2 Understanding the Vanitas Art Definition.
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