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Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill by Pieter Claesz

Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill

1628

Oil on wood

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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A still life painting depicts a skull, an oil lamp, books, a quill, and an overturned glass on a table against a dark background. The objects are arranged diagonally across the composition.

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skull oil lamp books quill inkwell diagonal sweep asymmetrical balance shallow space frontal view still life vanitas black

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