Truth presenting a Mirror to the Vanities of the World
1625
oil
canvas
From the collection of Ashmolean Museum
1625
oil
canvas
From the collection of Ashmolean Museum
Truth presenting a Mirror to the Vanities of the World is a 1625 oil by Unknown, a Flemish Baroque painting work, held at Ashmolean Museum.
This painting shows a young woman holding a mirror and a scale. She wears a blue dress with a gold necklace and a white robe. Her dark hair is braided. The mirror reflects nothing, and the scale is balanced. A skull and a book are on the table in front of her. The woman's expression is calm and serious. She seems to be looking at something beyond the viewer. The mirror and scale suggest she is weighing or judging something. The skull and book may symbolize mortality and knowledge. The painting uses chiaroscuro, a technique that uses strong contrasts between light and dark to create a sense of volume in modeling three-dimensional objects and figures.
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