Lot n° 68
Estimation :
750 - 900
EUR
ENGLISH SCHOOL circa 1830/1850. Pair of paintings representi - Lot 68
ENGLISH SCHOOL circa 1830/1850. Pair of paintings representing Vanities. 2 Oils on metal. Beautiful quality of execution. 28x24. With frame : 42x37. The Vanities mark the history of art since the Middle Ages. Placed prominently in bourgeois or aristocratic homes, they were meant to remind the occupants, especially the wealthy, of the relativity of time and things. The possession of material goods or titles is nothing if one notices the irreversibility of the march of time often symbolized by the presence of an hourglass and a death promised to all which will unite rich and poor in the same humility.
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