{"product_id":"still-life-with-a-skull-and-a-writing-quill-pieter-claesz","title":"Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill - Pieter Claesz","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStill Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill\u003c\/b\u003e (1628) is one of the most poignant vanitas compositions produced during the Dutch Golden Age. Painted by Pieter Claesz, a master of the Haarlem still life tradition, this intimate oil on wood panel exemplifies the genre's quiet moral intensity. The skull, overturned glass, and writing quill are carefully arranged to remind the viewer of life's brevity — a philosophical meditation encoded in everyday objects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaesz renders each element with extraordinary tactile precision: the cold smoothness of bone, the translucent gleam of glass, the delicate wisp of a feather quill. His signature monochromatic palette — warm ochres, cool grays, and shadowed browns — creates a meditative stillness that draws the eye inward. The composition is spare yet deeply calculated, balancing the weight of mortality against the ephemeral act of writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally housed in the collection of \u003cb\u003eThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York\u003c\/b\u003e, this masterwork now enters your space as a \u003cb\u003emuseum-quality stretched canvas reproduction\u003c\/b\u003e. Printed on premium matte canvas and hand-wrapped around a solid 0.75-inch wooden frame with a clean gallery wrap finish, this piece brings the gravitas of seventeenth-century Dutch painting directly to your walls — ready to hang, built to last.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ctable style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-top:24px;font-size:14px\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePieter Claesz\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1628\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eMedium\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOil on wood\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eDimensions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9 1\/2 x 14 1\/8 in. (24.1 x 35.9 cm)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eCollection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eMovement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBaroque\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003ctable style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-top:24px;font-size:14px;border-top:1px solid #e0e0e0\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"2\" style=\"padding:12px 0 8px\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAvailable sizes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:4px 0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSmall\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e25 × 20 cm (10″ × 8″)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:4px 0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMedium\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e76 × 51 cm (30″ × 20″)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:4px 0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e152 × 102 cm (60″ × 40″)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"2\" style=\"padding:8px 0 4px;color:#888;font-size:13px\"\u003eAll sizes include a 0.75\" gallery wrap. Ready to hang — no framing required.\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Gallerivm","offers":[{"title":"S — 40×30 cm","offer_id":60066928296270,"sku":"GLV-17641761102-S","price":39.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"M — 50×40 cm","offer_id":60066928361806,"sku":"GLV-17641761102-M","price":59.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"L — 90×60 cm","offer_id":60066928394574,"sku":"GLV-17641761102-L","price":89.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1044\/1637\/9214\/files\/DP145929_10b1dc3e-537e-4df2-94c3-97ac7be52c17.jpg?v=1783473079","url":"https:\/\/gallerivm.com\/products\/still-life-with-a-skull-and-a-writing-quill-pieter-claesz","provider":"Gallerivm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}