A Vanitas
- Edward Collier, British, 1640-1710
- Active Years: 1669-1707
Edward Collier, A Vanitas, 1669. Oil paint on canvas; 32 1/4 × 45 3/4 in. (81.9 × 116.2 cm). Gift of the Berger Collection Educational Trust, 2020.4
All the objects in this picture refer to the military life of a deceased soldier—a suit of armor, sword, rifle, plumed helmet, box of medals, and a book open to a page showing a type of cannon. The small portrait may be of the soldier himself. The symbolic center of the picture is a pocket watch, an allusion to the passage of time and the brevity of human life.
- “Age of Armor” — Denver Art Museum, 5/15/2022 – 9/5/2022
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