18th-Century Vanitas Still Life With Mouse Belgium he had a conscience

he had a conscience

Stéphane Leroy (1877-1940)

Overall size: 38” x 27” / 97cm x 69cm

The gentleman on the left is smoking a small clay pipe

18th-Century Vanitas Still Life With Mouse Belgium he had a conscienceThis enchanting 18th century vanitas depicts an arrangement of fruit including grapes, peach, apple and berries. Theres also a mouse nibbling away at some bread. Vanitas still lifes convey a sense of lifes mortality and the worthlessness of material pleasures. They often include direct references to decay, such as skulls and rotting fruit, but may also include books, wine and other ephemera. The term itself originates from the Book of Ecclesiastes in