3-061-744 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Still life with a ledger, a skull and other objects, 1766. Ledger, inscribed "Debiti Tomo X" (Debts, volume 10), lying on its front cover. On top of it are ferns and an owl. It rests on an open medical manuscript, in which chapters on cancer and plague are visible. A magnifying glass rests on the manuscript. Right, a human skull, a rat, and a glass vase containing flowers. Far left, an oil lamp on a ledge. A tab inscribed '1766' protrudes from the pages of the medical manuscript