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| Adriaen van de Venne To Each His Own Pastime (Vanitas) ca. 1632 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
In the background, Death peeps through the wall-hangings. The shuttlecock itself, flying between the couple, allegorizes the brevity and fragility of a lifespan, while the exaggerated fashionableness of the pair's attire underscores the futility of their commitment to earthly delights. Other implements and vehicles of pleasure are scattered about the scene (pipe, lute, painting, goblet, playing cards) to demonstrate the ephemerality of their appeal. Yet van de Venne is able, ironically, to have his cake and eat it – to moralize against the illusory values of his figures by means of compositional lusciousness and allure, aligning the viewer simultaneously against them and with them.
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| Lambert Doomer The Spring at Cleves ca. 1660 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Lambert Doomer The Fortress at Tal Ehrenbreitstein from the Mineral Well at Koblenz ca. 1660 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Jan van Somer Self Portrait ca. 1680 drawing (wash on vellum) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Leendert van der Cooghen after Salomon de Bray Head of a Man 1651 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Leendert van der Cooghen after Salomon de Bray Head of a Youth ca. 1650-60 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Adriaen van der Cabel Italian Landscape ca. 1650-1700 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Adriaen van der Cabel Ruins of a Classical Building ca. 1650-1700 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Adriaen van der Cabel Self Portrait 1665 drawing Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna |
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| Jacob van der Does the Elder Two Figures in a Landscape with Sheep before 1673 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Jacob van der Does the Elder Italian Country House with Shepherd 1650 drawing British Museum |
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| Jacob van der Does the Elder Italian Landscape with Shepherd Boy 1670 drawing British Museum |
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| Jacob van der Does the Elder Landscape with Monument and Shepherd before 1673 drawing Städel Museum, Frankfurt |
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| Jan van Bronckhorst Portrait of Jacob van der Does the Elder 1655 drawing British Museum |
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| Jacob van der Does the Elder and Martinus Lengele Double Portrait (each artist portraying the other) ca. 1656-62 wash drawing Musée des Beaux-Arts, Besançon |