German School, early 17th Century

This intriguing vanitas still life can be associated with a group of three related paintings, each with slight compositional variations, previously attributed to the German artist Peter Binoit.¹ Inscribed in latin along the lower edge of the composition, a biblical verse (1 Corinthians 15:22) echoes the sentiment of the vanitas iconography: "For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive."

¹ For a discussion of the other three works, see G. Bott, Die Stillebenmaler Soreau, Binoit, Codino und Marell in Hanau und Frankfurt 1600-1650, Hanau 2001, pp. 56-58.