Vanitas Still Life with a Book and a Skull, 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. Date: circa 1645-1650. Dimensions: height: 86.6 cm (34 in); width: 86 cm (33.8 in). Medium: oil on panel. Collection: Museum Flehite. Jacob van Campen 009