Still Life with Smoking Requisites

Jan Jansz. van de Velde

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Jan Jansz. van de Velde painted ascetically restrained still lifes composed with architectural precision. The Still Life with Smoking Requisites is a poetic set of several everyday objects, which, however bear complex symbolism: they warn about the ephemerality of worldly life.

date:	1647
measurements:	height 40 cm width 31 cm
material:	oak panel
technique:	oil
inscription:	Jan van de Velde / 1647 (recorded)
inventory number:	O 1392
gallery collection:	Collection of Old Masters