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A Vanitas Still Life of 1621 by Jacques de Gheyn II: a Reflection of Neo-Stoic ideas

A Vanitas Still Life of 1621 by Jacques de Gheyn II: a Reflection of Neo-Stoic ideas 246 B.A. HEEZEN-STOLL A Vanitas Still Life of 1621 by Jacques de Gheyn II: a Reflection of Neo-Stoic ideas /lcr(.v?!? ? I. Berystri?rrr (Note 1), Dutch 7 7f//-r?f/?Nry vanitas luere meant make peo- ple reflect on the shortness tbe-fragility carvd the !?7??!'fy ?n'?? and arc character- ized by a serious, everr morhid, atmosphere attrilmtable to the moral- istic approach o f the and in particular Calpinism, which Leiden Unipcrsity (Jlas a concluded that the ill them r?rc?c?f!? the arts, sciences, prosperity, power and pleasures are 110t only doomed to perish, but also constitute a r??arr2iry?1 a,gai11st pride irr knowled?e the sin f iilness to which art, pot.ver and pleasure can lead. However, on closer study (Note 2), this morhid character ofter? appears to he while the so- metimes very positive approach to the arts and sciences ccasts doubts on tlte idea that they trorrsrnit a The inscriptions on Hendrik Note 3), j'or example, glorUy the arts and sciences and this appreciation is underlined by o f Hercules at hottorn left, the virtuous hero who tlrrov?Jh Iris laborlrs syrrtbolizes Fortitudo, the quality needed to carry a task tlrrough to a ,good cnd. True, the srTUfjed candle, hour??luss, skull and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Oud Holland - Quarterly for Dutch Art History Brill

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Brill
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© 1979 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0030-672x
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1875-0176
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10.1163/187501779X00032
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246 B.A. HEEZEN-STOLL A Vanitas Still Life of 1621 by Jacques de Gheyn II: a Reflection of Neo-Stoic ideas /lcr(.v?!? ? I. Berystri?rrr (Note 1), Dutch 7 7f//-r?f/?Nry vanitas luere meant make peo- ple reflect on the shortness tbe-fragility carvd the !?7??!'fy ?n'?? and arc character- ized by a serious, everr morhid, atmosphere attrilmtable to the moral- istic approach o f the and in particular Calpinism, which Leiden Unipcrsity (Jlas a concluded that the ill them r?rc?c?f!? the arts, sciences, prosperity, power and pleasures are 110t only doomed to perish, but also constitute a r??arr2iry?1 a,gai11st pride irr knowled?e the sin f iilness to which art, pot.ver and pleasure can lead. However, on closer study (Note 2), this morhid character ofter? appears to he while the so- metimes very positive approach to the arts and sciences ccasts doubts on tlte idea that they trorrsrnit a The inscriptions on Hendrik Note 3), j'or example, glorUy the arts and sciences and this appreciation is underlined by o f Hercules at hottorn left, the virtuous hero who tlrrov?Jh Iris laborlrs syrrtbolizes Fortitudo, the quality needed to carry a task tlrrough to a ,good cnd. True, the srTUfjed candle, hour??luss, skull and

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Oud Holland - Quarterly for Dutch Art History – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1979

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