Allegory of Charles I of England and Henrietta of France in a Vanitas
Formerly attributed to: Carstian Luyckx ou Simon Renard de Saint-André
After 1649
Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama
"The subject here refers to Charles I’s troubled life and is a testament to the suddenness of death and the vanity of early power and glory. For example, the bubbles pertain to the brevity of Charles I’s life (he was beheaded at the age of 44), the broken skull conveys the fragility of human beings, and the globe symbolizes the power and possessions that death steals away." daqui
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