Still life painting showing a skull, urn, coins and book

Still-life paintings in the Royal Collection

The Royal Collection contains many examples of still-life painting

PIETER GERRITSZ VAN ROESTRATEN (HAARLEM C. 1631-LONDON 1700)

A Vanitas

c.1666-1700

RCIN 402604

Roestraten’s paintings fall within the Dutch pronkstilleven (‘ostentatious still-life’) tradition, which brought together a range of fashionable luxury objects, allowing the artist to demonstrate his skill in representing a variety of surface textures. In his work, Roestraten particularly highlights English silver.

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