18th-Century Vanitas Still Life With Mouse Belgium Wahlgren’s laid back style suits

Wahlgren’s laid back style suits this evocative scene and we particularly love the simple way the trees are reflected in the lake

and housed within a good contemporary frame

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18th-Century Vanitas Still Life With Mouse Belgium Wahlgren’s laid back style suitsThis enchanting 18th century vanitas depicts an arrangement of fruit including grapes, peach, apple and berries. Theres also a mouse nibbling away at some bread. Vanitas still lifes convey a sense of lifes mortality and the worthlessness of material pleasures. They often include direct references to decay, such as skulls and rotting fruit, but may also include books, wine and other ephemera. The term itself originates from the Book of Ecclesiastes in