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Schönfeld, Johann Heinrich

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This is a drawing of a skeletal figure in a sarcophagus with the inscription "VANITAS ET STRVA." The image contains a skeleton lying within a sarcophagus or open coffin, along with symbols of vanity and mortality like a skull and a broken urn. To the right, a goat is next to scattered book pages. In the background are a stone wall and trees. This scene is common in vanitas art, reflecting on the fleeting nature of life and possessions.

Democritus Meditating

Schönfeld, Johann Heinrich

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