Vanitas

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-lush-17th-century-paintings-striking-reminders-mortality

‘Vanitas paintings represent a moralistic form of still-life artwork that “developed into a fully-fledged genre in the 17th century,” says Patrick de Rynck’

I believe that having a reflection of himself within his work is such a big thing, I think it is really exciting and makes the work so much more interesting. The painting itself does not show Claesz, but instead shows his reflection, I feel this is such a playful and exciting topic, and it reminds me a lot of Ori Gersht and how he works with reflections and matter within some of his works.