The 11 Artworks of Pieter Symonsz Potter

Perseus and Andromeda. Allegory on the liberation of the Netherlands (Andromeda) by Prince Frederik Hendrik (Perseus). On the water the flame-breathing sea monster (Spain). Presentation of a planned performance on the water of the Damrak for the entrance of the Henrietta Maria, Queen of England, at ...

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Scenes of men and women playing music were often associated with harmonious love in the 17th century. That may be the case here, despite the fact that the figures are not looking at each other but seem to be staring into the distance, lost in their own thoughts. Standing on the bare floor in the cen...

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Pieter Symonsz Potter painted this Vanitas Still Life in 1646. Almost all the elements in the scene – the skull, small lamp, air bubbles and the old books – are unmistakable allusions to transience and the brevity of mortal life on earth. The dice, flute and book of music also feature regularly in s...

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