Vanitas | Harmen Steenwijck | 1650 Leonardo da Vinci a shepherd boy turned hero

a shepherd boy turned hero

conveys a sense of calm and grandeur

"The Enigma of The Arrival and the Afternoon" by Giorgio de Chirico

their bodies entwined and their faces obscured by the intensity of their affection

while the central figure of Satan

Vanitas | Harmen Steenwijck | 1650 Leonardo da Vinci a shepherd boy turned heroAbout the artwork: "Vanitas" by Harmen Steenwijck is a captivating representation of the vanitas genre, prevalent in 17th century Dutch painting, which serves as a reminder of the transient nature of life and the inevitability of death. In this painting, Steenwijck meticulously arranges a variety of symbolic objects such as skulls, hourglasses, extinguished candles, and wilting flowers on a table, alluding to the passage of time and the impermanence