Allegory of the Vanities of the World
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title:
Allegory of the Vanities of the World
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Allegory of the Vanities of the World is a 1663 painting by the Flemish painter Pieter Boel, now in the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille. It is unusually large for a vanitas painting. It shows symbols of art, glory, temporal power, spiritual power, wealth, knowledge, all heaped as a pyramid in a ruined palace or church. Atop the pile stands a crane crowned with laurels. To the right a circlet of iron, without beginning or rend, symbolises eternity. In the background a sarcophagus is inscribed "Van
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description:
1663 painting by Pieter Boel
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_Vanities_of_the_World
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date modified:
2023-08-18T20:59:47Z
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