Vanitas Still Life Of A Skull & Snake, oil on panel

follower of Pieter Claesz (1597-1660)

Dutch Vanitas still life of a Skull and snake, oil on panel. Excellent quality and condition Memento Mori study similar to the works of Pieter Claesz featuring a snake coiling around the skull placed upon a red drape. Painted on light wood panels with support bars to stabilise splitting. Presented in an antique gilt frame.

Measurements 16.5'' x 14'' approx. 

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