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A Vanitas still life
By Evert Collier
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Baroque period, renowned for his intricate and symbolic vanitas paintings. Born in Breda, the Netherlands
Category

17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

A Vanitas still life
A Vanitas still life
H 29 in W 34 in
Early 19th Century French School Vanitas Still Life Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in London, GB
Early 19th Century French Vanitas Oil Painting on Canvas. The Old Master Vanitas Still Life
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Antique Early 19th Century French Gothic Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint

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
By John McLeod
Located in Denver, CO
Skull and Tomatoes
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2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

Vanitas
Vanitas
H 8 in W 10 in
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 15.12.01
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Paul Beliveau, Canadian (b. 1954) Title: Vanitas 05.12.01 Year: 2015 Medium: Acrylic on
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Vanitas 15.10.28
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Paul Beliveau, Canadian (b. 1954) Title: Vanitas 05.10.28 Year: 2015 Medium: Acrylic on
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Vanitas by Catherine Jansens (Born in 1949)
By Catherine Jansens
Located in Gent, VOV
the overarching theme of life’s fleeting nature. In the tradition of Vanitas paintings, these objects
Category

20th Century Still-life Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

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

Shallow Vanitas
By Kevin Sonmor
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Kevin Sonmor’s heroic, post-apocalyptic paintings […] reference dark brooding abstract landscapes
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

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"
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Petraeus Vanitas vanitatis Acrylic/ oil on canvas/ frame 2020 Vanity on 1903 portrait by E Brunet
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Petraeus "Vanitas vanitatis"
Petraeus "Vanitas vanitatis"
H 18.51 in W 21.26 in D 1.58 in
"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
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2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

2nd 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

Red Vanitas Study
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

Vanitas Oil Painting on Panel Still Life In Stock
By Victor Muller
Located in Utrecht, NL
Vanitas Oil Painting on Linen Canvas Still Life In Stock Born in Den Helder, The Netherlands in
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Black Rush: Self Portrait with Vanitas
Located in New York, NY
This work by Anthony Peyton Young is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vanitas Still Life, Photorealist Oil Painting by Pamela Schermer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Pamela Schermer, American XXth Title: Vanitas Still Life Year: 1986 Medium: Oil on Canvas
Category

1980s American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vanitas 17
Located in Chicago, IL
. He expresses his artistic vision in several mediums including drawing, painting, kinetic sculpture
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

Materials

Graphite

Painting 18th Century Vanitas Still Life Skull Religion Esotericism Occult
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Vanitas 18th century French School Oil on canvas Old frame gilded with gold leaves Dim canvas : 73
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

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
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Oil, Stretcher Bars

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
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Mid-17th Century Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Oil painting on iron plate depicting a Vanitas, Italy late 17th century.
Located in Milan, IT
Oil painting on iron plate, depicting a Vanitas with skull and fruit. Octagonal frame in
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Antique Late 17th Century Italian Paintings

Materials

Iron

Spanish Contemporary Art by Sandra de Jaume - Vanitas
Located in Paris, IDF
MEAM, Museo de Arte Moderno, Barcelona, for her artwork "Vanitas" in 2023. She has also received the
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Ornamental Poppies - original realism still life painting contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
as playful moments of life—most notably her signature bees. Inspired by Dutch Vanitas paintings and
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Phoenician Pomegranates- original realism still life painting contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
signature bees. Inspired by Dutch Vanitas paintings and contemporary still-life photography, she explores
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vanitas III - Still Life Painting of a Human Skull & Flowers, Oil on Aluminum
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
comforts while he can – A. Brontë Matthew Cook Vanitas III Oil & Acrylic on Aluminum 10h x 8w in (15.5h
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2010s Old Masters Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

St. Clements Lime - original realism still life painting contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
signature bees. Inspired by Dutch Vanitas paintings and contemporary still-life photography, she explores
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

3 Passionfruits - original realism still life fruit painting - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
signature bees. Inspired by Dutch Vanitas paintings and contemporary still-life photography, she explores
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

3 Ladybirds - original realism still life fruit painting - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
signature bees. Inspired by Dutch Vanitas paintings and contemporary still-life photography, she explores
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vanita. 1995, oil on canvas, 57x69 cm
By Janis Zemitis
Located in Riga, LV
Vanita. 1995, oil on canvas, 57x69 cm In 1958 he graduated from the Riga Art School of J
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1990s Abstract Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Vanitas with Pallas Athena, Wheat, and Flowers, 1701
Located in Stockholm, SE
existence. This phrase complements the painting's vanitas theme, invoking both a sense of finality and a
Category

Early 1700s Old Masters Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Vanitas IV : artwork in the genre of narrative realism
Located in New York, NY
Painting by a contemporary artist Audrey Ushenko. Audrey Ushenko works in the genre of narrative
Category

1970s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Still Life Vanitas Noletti Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Italian
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
x 102) This painting, of beautiful scenic effect, depicts a still life composed of a rich display
Category

17th Century Old Masters Paintings

Materials

Oil

Pocket Mauve Plum - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
By Dani Humberstone
Located in London, Chelsea
the still-life tradition and Vanitas painting within a contemporary context, using both familiar
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

"Vanità necessità" by Enzio Wenk, 2010 - Acrylic on Canvas, Colorful Words
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Vanity necessity" Acrylic on canvas.
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Another Vanitas 3" - surrealist still life, objects, flowers, books, pattern
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features hues of green, purple and blue. This surrealist still life has a flowers, a
Category

2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Another Vanitas 2" - surrealist still life, objects, flowers, books, pattern
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features hues of green, purple and blue. This surrealist still life a pear, skull
Category

2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Another Vanitas 2" - surrealist still life, objects, flowers, books, pattern
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features hues of green, purple and blue. This surrealist still life has an elephant
Category

2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Pocket Pink Pomegranate - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
By Dani Humberstone
Located in London, Chelsea
, “Within my work I aspire to fuse the still-life tradition and Vanitas painting within a contemporary
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Pocket Red Pomegranate - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
By Dani Humberstone
Located in London, Chelsea
, “Within my work I aspire to fuse the still-life tradition and Vanitas painting within a contemporary
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Vanita. Abstract still life with scull. 2004, oil, collage on canvas, 100x120 cm
By Janis Zemitis
Located in Riga, LV
Vanita. 2004, oil, collage on canvas, 100x120 cm In 1958 he graduated from the Riga Art School of
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Early 2000s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vanitas de Plata - Wood Colored Panel Yellow Green White Blue Purple Orange Red
By Eric Liot
Located in Sofia, BG
"Vanitas de Plata" is a wood decorated colored Panel. It is created by the French artist Maestro
Category

2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

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
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Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Fruitwood

Contemporary Oil on Canvas Painting by Lars Dan
By Lars Dan
Located in Santa Monica, CA
abstract floral arrangements reminiscent of 17th-century vanitas paintings. His art tells poetic tales
Category

20th Century Danish Decorative Art

Materials

Wood

Vanitas, Oil on Panel, Circle of Vincent Sellaer 'c. 1500-Mechelen, before 1589'
Located in Madrid, ES
Vanitas. Oil on panel. Surroundings by Vincent Sellaer (c. 1500-Mechelen, before 1589). Oil on
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Antique 16th Century European Renaissance Paintings

Materials

Other

"Fading Light", pencil, paper, portrait, cubist, classic arts, vanitas
Located in Toronto, Ontario
painting – arguably an ode to art and art making, posterity where it can be found. Vanitas. "Fading Light
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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil, Paper

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

Dismemberment
Dismemberment
H 24 in W 20 in D 1 in
Skull and Ornament - Vanitas, Still Life, Color Pencil Drawing, Framed
By John Hrehov
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawings of skulls are often called vanitas, which often contain collections of objects symbolic of
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Paper, Color Pencil

Vanitas Vase 7
Located in New Orleans, LA
I’ve long taken inspiration from the Dutch/Flemish tradition of Vanitas still life painting in
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Glaze, Ceramic

Vanitas Vase 7
H 22 in W 11 in D 11 in
"Vanitas Vase #11", Ceramic Sculpture with Still Life Painting in Glaze
Located in St. Louis, MO
Dirk Staschke is best known for his exploration of Dutch Vanitas still life themes in the medium of
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2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze

Opening No. 51 (Modern, Hudson River Landscape Painting in Romanticist Style)
By Leigh Palmer
Located in Hudson, NY
"Frivolity and Mortality: The Tradition of Vanitas in Contemporary Painting", Sherry French
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Opening No. 50 (Abstract Landscape Painting on Canvas in Romanticist Style)
By Leigh Palmer
Located in Hudson, NY
"Frivolity and Mortality: The Tradition of Vanitas in Contemporary Painting", Sherry French
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Opening No. 54 (Modern Hudson River Valley Oil Landscape Painting on Canvas)
By Leigh Palmer
Located in Hudson, NY
"Frivolity and Mortality: The Tradition of Vanitas in Contemporary Painting", Sherry French
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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

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
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
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
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 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

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