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Oil on Canvas and Giltwood Vanitas painting, in the manner of Pieter Claesz
Oil on Canvas and Giltwood Vanitas painting, in the manner of Pieter Claesz

Oil on Canvas and Giltwood Vanitas painting, in the manner of Pieter Claesz

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

human existence. Vanitas paintings were a style of still life art meant to remind is viewers of the

Category

Antique 17th Century Dutch Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Satin, Giltwood, Paint

Bouquet of Flowers with Vanitas
Bouquet of Flowers with Vanitas

Bouquet of Flowers with Vanitas

By Louis Latapie

Located in London, GB

1930s). A vanitas painting contains collections of objects symbolic of the inevitability of death and

Category

1930s Still-life Paintings

Materials

Paper, Wax Crayon

Vanitas
Vanitas

Vanitas

By John McLeod

Located in Denver, CO

Skull and Tomatoes

Category

2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Vanitas (unfinished)
Vanitas (unfinished)

Vanitas (unfinished)

By Michael Leonard

Located in London, GB

revisiting his previous painting Vanitas, (1991) when he retired from painting due to ill-health, making the

Category

Early 2000s Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Vanitas Relief

Vanitas Relief

By Kevin Sonmor

Located in Montreal, Quebec

Kevin Sonmor’s heroic, post-apocalyptic paintings […] reference dark brooding abstract landscapes

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Agriculture Vanitas

Agriculture Vanitas

By Kevin Sonmor

Located in Montreal, Quebec

Kevin Sonmor’s heroic, post-apocalyptic paintings […] reference dark brooding abstract landscapes

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Petraeus "Vanitas vanitatis"
Petraeus "Vanitas vanitatis"

Petraeus "Vanitas vanitatis"

Located in Saint Ouen, FR

Petraeus Vanitas vanitatis Acrylic/ oil on canvas/ frame 2020 Vanity on 1903 portrait by E Brunet

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Vanitas with Marine Corps Coin" Oil Painting

"Vanitas with Marine Corps Coin" Oil Painting

By Patrick Nevins

Located in Denver, CO

Patrick Nevin's (US based) "Vanitas with Marine Corps Coin" is an oil painting that depicts a human

Category

2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Vanitas 17
Vanitas 17

Vanitas 17

Located in Palm Beach, FL

. He expresses his artistic vision in several mediums including drawing, painting, kinetic sculpture

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

Materials

Graphite

Abstracted Vanitas with Goldfish and Skull
Abstracted Vanitas with Goldfish and Skull

Abstracted Vanitas with Goldfish and Skull

By Michael Pauker

Located in Soquel, CA

Robert Azensky Fine Art is proud to offer this large-scale abstracted vanitas with goldfish, table

Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Still Life, 17th Century Oil on Panel Painting
Still Life, 17th Century Oil on Panel Painting

Still Life, 17th Century Oil on Panel Painting

Located in London, GB

this vanitas painting the golden plate, balancing precariously off of the table ledge, also evokes the

Category

Mid-17th Century Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

18th Century Oil on Canvas Heraldic Funerary Hatchment Painting
18th Century Oil on Canvas Heraldic Funerary Hatchment Painting

18th Century Oil on Canvas Heraldic Funerary Hatchment Painting

Located in London, GB

18th Century Oil on Canvas Heraldic Funerary Hatchment Painting, Memento Mori Painting, Vanitas

Category

Antique Mid-18th Century British Gothic Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Cast Bronze Spinal Sculpture
Cast Bronze Spinal Sculpture

Cast Bronze Spinal Sculpture

Located in Cambridge, US

suggest a vanitas painting, something about the spine connotes movement, support, and articulation

Category

Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Vanitas, oil on canvas with a small cartouche, Italy circa 1850.
Vanitas, oil on canvas with a small cartouche, Italy circa 1850.

Vanitas, oil on canvas with a small cartouche, Italy circa 1850.

Located in Milan, IT

The painting presents an unusual shape, that of the circle, a direct reference to the clipeated

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Fruitwood

Contemporary Oil on Canvas Painting by Lars Dan
Contemporary Oil on Canvas Painting by Lars Dan

Contemporary Oil on Canvas Painting by Lars Dan

By Lars Dan

Located in Ventura, CA

abstract floral arrangements reminiscent of 17th-century vanitas paintings. His art tells poetic tales

Category

20th Century Danish Decorative Art

Materials

Wood

Dismemberment
Dismemberment

Dismemberment

Located in Hollywood, FL

, confused, or sinister. Her compositions have drawn on historical sources including Dutch vanitas paintings

Category

2010s Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

Vanitas Vase 7

Vanitas Vase 7

Located in New Orleans, LA

I’ve long taken inspiration from the Dutch/Flemish tradition of Vanitas still life painting in

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze

Inverted Portrait with dog and Setting Sun
Inverted Portrait with dog and Setting Sun

Inverted Portrait with dog and Setting Sun

Located in New Orleans, LA

Vanitas* painting in the medium of ceramics, through which I’ve blurred the lines of painting and

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Inverted Still life with Ceramic Bowl
Inverted Still life with Ceramic Bowl

Inverted Still life with Ceramic Bowl

Located in New Orleans, LA

Vanitas* painting in the medium of ceramics, through which I’ve blurred the lines of painting and

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Untitled (ornate frame)
Untitled (ornate frame)

Untitled (ornate frame)

Located in New Orleans, LA

Vanitas* painting in the medium of ceramics, through which I’ve blurred the lines of painting and

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Laugher with Fluxed Landscape
Laugher with Fluxed Landscape

Laugher with Fluxed Landscape

Located in New Orleans, LA

Vanitas* painting in the medium of ceramics, through which I’ve blurred the lines of painting and

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Inverted Still life with Plaid Bowl
Inverted Still life with Plaid Bowl

Inverted Still life with Plaid Bowl

Located in New Orleans, LA

Vanitas* painting in the medium of ceramics, through which I’ve blurred the lines of painting and

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Inverted Portrait with Momento Mori
Inverted Portrait with Momento Mori

Inverted Portrait with Momento Mori

Located in New Orleans, LA

Vanitas* painting in the medium of ceramics, through which I’ve blurred the lines of painting and

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

The Laughers (Version 1)
The Laughers (Version 1)

The Laughers (Version 1)

Located in New Orleans, LA

Vanitas* painting in the medium of ceramics, through which I’ve blurred the lines of painting and

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

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The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a vanitas painting in our inventory may begin at $155 and can go as high as $180,000, while the average can fetch as much as $4,565.