Title
Allegory of Vanity, by Pereda (1634, c.)
Description
The painting depicts a female angel holding a globe and a portrait in front of two tables filled with objects. On the left, there are seven skulls piled up near a rifle, armor, candle and hourglass. On the right there is a gold and ornate clock, pearls and coins and the portrait of three women.
Gender perspective: Although all attributes are typically masculine, such as the weapon and armor, the portraits of the three ladies on the right occupy a mirror position of the skulls on the left. The placement of the skulls with the foramen or hole open upwards feminizes them.
Gender perspective: Although all attributes are typically masculine, such as the weapon and armor, the portraits of the three ladies on the right occupy a mirror position of the skulls on the left. The placement of the skulls with the foramen or hole open upwards feminizes them.
Creator
Pereda, Antonio de (1611-1678)
Source
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Vienna, Austria
www.khm.at/de/object/2dffbc474a/
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20190321023839/http://www.khm.at/objektdb/detail/1449
Accession number: Picture gallery, 771
Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antonio_de_Pereda_-_Allegory_of_Vanity_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20190615133401/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antonio_de_Pereda_-_Allegory_of_Vanity_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
www.khm.at/de/object/2dffbc474a/
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20190321023839/http://www.khm.at/objektdb/detail/1449
Accession number: Picture gallery, 771
Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antonio_de_Pereda_-_Allegory_of_Vanity_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20190615133401/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antonio_de_Pereda_-_Allegory_of_Vanity_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
Date
1634, c.
Format
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions: 139.5 × 174 cm
Dimensions: 139.5 × 174 cm
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