Vanitas Still Life with Books, a Violin and an Owl in a Niche, Jacob van Campen, circa 1645-1650

Part of the series three adjoining friezes of a room decoration: hercules hauling cerberus out of the underworld, flanked by two still lifes (right wall); five niches with fruit still lifes and garlands (back wall); hercules defeating the centaurs, flanked by two still lifes (left wall). Object Type: painting. Genre: still life. Date: circa 1645-1650. Dimensions: height: 102 cm (40.1 in); width: 85.3 cm (33.5 in). Medium: oil on panel. Collection: Museum Flehite. Series Title: Drie aaneengesloten friezen van een kamerbeschildering: Hercules haalt Cerberus uit de onderwereld, geflankeerd door twee stillevens (rechter zijwand); vijf nissen met vruchtstillevens en guirlandes (. Jacob van Campen 005