OMNIA / VANITAS' All is Vanity.
after Titian (Pieve di Cadore 1488/90 - Venice 1576)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1682
Materials
Ink on paper engraving
Measurements
350 x 292 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.2.39
Summary
(Folio 15, recto, upper print) All is Vanity. A full-length nude female is lying on a couch, lightly draped, looking upwards towards a painted plaque overhead on which is written: 'OMNIA / VANITAS' (All is vanity). The symbols of vanity, a crown and sceptre, lie at her feet and, on the floor by her hand, are money bags and a pile of gold coins. It is an allegorical picture depicting one of the minor vices.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1771 and thence by descent to Montagu Brownlow Parker (1878-1962), 5th Earl of Morley and given to NT as part of the Endowment following transfer in 1957.
Marks and inscriptions
V.Lefebre del. et. Sculp.//Titiano in.& P.// J.Van Campen Fornis Venetys
Makers and roles
after Titian (Pieve di Cadore 1488/90 - Venice 1576) , creator Valentin, Lefebvre, printer Giacomo van Campen (1596 - 1647), publisher