Vanity of Vanity, all is Vanity
"Vanity of Vanity, all is vanity." - Ecclesiates (1:2)
"Vanitas art", a genre emerging from the Sixteenth Century, reminded it's viewer
of the frailty of life and the often quality taxing distractions of glory and wealth.
Above, a work by Philippe de Champaigne, a master of subtlety!



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