A young woman with pale skin sits at a table in a darkened room in this vertical painting. Long chestnut-brown hair drapes over her shoulder and her deep, cream-colored, long-sleeved garment is open at her neck. She rests her chin in her right hand, farther from us, as her left reaches for a skull placed on a thick book on the table in front of her. The scene is lit by a single candle mostly out of sight behind the skull. Shown in profile, she looks into a small mirror next to the skull, which reflects that object and the book.
Artwork Details
- Date
- c. 1635/1640
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 21673 × 26114 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original