Vanitas | Jan Fris | 1672 16th Century and a reverence for medieval

and a reverence for medieval and Renaissance art

is a perfect addition to any collection

capturing the enduring tension between the natural world and the slumbering city beneath

A small crowd gathers in stunned silence—faces marked by fear

"The Dance of Death" by Alphonse Mucha

Vanitas | Jan Fris | 1672 16th Century and a reverence for medievalThe Vanitas pictures emerged beginning with the late years of the 15th century. These pictures have a symbolic meaning, as most old paintings in art history: they are a representation of Vanity and also Vainglory (unjustified boasting). It describes through the visual language the meaningless in the efforts of gathering valuable material objects, earthly goods and pursuits and the ephemerality of earthly pleasures: in the middle of the richly depicted