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Vanitas with the Spinario is a 1628 still life painting by Pieter Claesz, now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. It belongs to the sub-genre of vanitas . To the left is a reduced-size reproduction of the Spinario statue.
Vanitas with the Spinario, 1628, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.. He was born in Berchem, Belgium, near Antwerp, where he became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in 1620. He moved to Haarlem in 1620, where his son, the landscape painter Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem was born (October 1). [1]
Boy with Thorn, also called Fedele (Fedelino) or Spinario, is a Greco-Roman Hellenistic bronze sculpture of a boy withdrawing a thorn from the sole of his foot, now in the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome.
Vanitas (Latin for 'vanity', in this context meaning pointlessness, or futility, not to be confused with the other definition of vanity) is a genre of memento mori symbolizing the transience of life, the futility of pleasure, and the certainty of death, and thus the vanity of ambition and all worldly desires.
The Case Study of Vanitas is a manga written and illustrated by Jun Mochizuki. Set in 19th century Paris and contains vampire and steampunk thematics. The story focuses on the young Vanitas who possesses the grimoire called The Book of Vanitas and uses it to heal cursed vampires. The vampire Noé Archiviste joins Vanitas in his quest to save ...
Vanitas is a type of symbolic work of art. Vanitas may also refer to: Vanitas (Macbeth album) (2001) Vanitas (Anaal Nathrakh album) (2012) Vanitas (Kingdom Hearts), a character of Kingdom Hearts; Vanitas (The Case Study of Vanitas), the main character of The Case Study of Vanitas; Vanitas, a song by Dir En Grey off of their 2011 album, Dum ...
Vanitas is the protagonist of the manga The Case Study of Vanitas as he invades an airship that is en route Paris in order to heal the cursed vampire Amelia Ruth with his grimoire, The Book of Vanitas. On board the airship, Vanitas meets the vampire Noé Archiviste, who becomes fascinated by the book and become partners.
Vanitas has the defenseless Noé at his mercy, but he cannot bring himself to plunge in the knife. Mikhail angrily unleashes the full power of his grimoire and calls on vampires to destroy everyone, but he cannot control its power. Dominique protects everyone with her control over ice, but when Mikhail lashes out at Vanitas, the grimoire hurts him.