Framed 19th Century Oil - Memento Mori

This striking still life work juxtaposes macabre subject matter with delicate brushwork. A crow - an archetypal symbol of death - picks at the lifeless body of a rabbit, while a vase of withering flowers behind reinforces the theme of transience. Echoing the long tradition of hunting still lifes that rose to prominence in late seventeenth-century Dutch painting, the composition serves as a contemplative reminder of human mortality. Indistinctly signed. On canvas on stretchers.