(Dordrecht 1623–1694 Leiden)

Vanitas with skull and violin. Circa 1645.

Oil on panel.

37 × 47 cm.

Provenance:
- Private collection of Edmond du Robert, Nancy, 1954.
- Christie's, London, 3.9.2000, Lot 23.
- Art trade, Johnny van Haeften, London, 2002.
- Art trade, Otto Naumann, New York.
- European private collection.

Our thanks to Dr. Fred G. Meijer for confirming the authenticity of this work on the basis of a photograph. He dates the work to circa 1645 (written report from 2007).

The painting is registered at RKD, The Hague, as by the hand of Jacques de Claeuw.