Vanitas - Still Life with Books and Manuscripts and a Skull (1663) by Evert Collier (1642-1708). Collier was a Dutch painter who specialized in the "Vanitas" type of still life composed of such motifs as a skeleton, globe, or musical instruments which were portrayed as a warning against the vanity of this world.

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