Vanitas Still Life with the Thorn Extractor, Pieter Claesz, 1628

Vanitas still life. On a table are a plaster statue of the doornuittrekker or spinario, skull and bones, rummer, watch, books and papers, an extinguished oil lamp and a painter's palette with brushes. Musical instruments on the floor: lute, violin and a kind of flute. On the left a suit of armor and a helmet and an open art book with a drawing of a naked woman. Object Type: painting. Genre: vanitas. Date: 1628. Dimensions: drager Height: 70.5 cm (27.7 in) drager Width: 80.5 cm (31.6 in). Medium: oil on panel. Collection: Rijksmuseum. Vanitasstilleven met de Doornuittrekker Rijksmuseum SK-A-3930FXD