David Bailly: Time, death and vanity

This book is published to accompany the exhibition David Bailly - Time, death and vanity in museum de Lakenhal, Leiden.

David Bailly’s Vanitas Still Life with Portrait of a Young Painter earned him a prominent place in art history. Almost 400 years after it was made, the painting – a masterpiece that raises all kinds of questions – continues to fascinate art historians. Is this a self-portrait? What do all the objects in the painting refer to? And who is the mysterious woman whose image appe...