Vanitas

Henri Bonnart (French, about 1610–1682)

1645

Medium/TechniqueEtching

DimensionsHeight x width: 13.2 × 18.5 cm (5 3/16 × 7 5/16 in.)

Credit LineKatherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard

Accession number2019.766

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InscriptionsIay esté comme vous Vous serez comme moy Pensez y bien L'heure approche. Tu peux lire pecheur en cette allegorie Ou ce sable qui passe a bientost fait son cours Comme l'on voit ternir ces fleurs en peu de iours Aussi legerement tu dois finir ta vie. [rough translation] I was like you You will be like me Think well upon it The hour approaches You can read sinner in this allegory Where the sand that falls has soon run its course As one sees the flowers fade in a few days Just as gently you will end your life.

Provenance2018, sold by Galerie Seydoux, Paris, to Hill-Stone, Inc., South Dartmouth, MA; 2019, sold by Hill-Stone to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 19, 2019)