Apotheca - Restored Victorian Frame, One of a Kind Memento Mori and is intended as a

and is intended as a symbolic reminder of the passage of time and life's cycle

its citizens were among the wealthiest people on earth and were looking for ways to display this affluence as well as increase it

Inspired by 17th-century masters such as Rachel Ruysch and Pieter Claesz

certain tulip bulbs sold for more than 10 times the annual income of a skilled artisan

the piece evokes a vanitas theme of nature's ephemeral beauty and the falsity of scarcity

Apotheca - Restored Victorian Frame, One of a Kind Memento Mori and is intended as aCustom archival print, hand selected and paired with a restored antique or vintage frame. Each work is unique and will not be available in the same way again; every piece is a whole art object. One of a kind works come with a Certificate of Authenticity, have a finished dust covered back with an official Veneration of Light wax seal, and are ready to hang. 'Apotheca' gives us a glimpse inside an 18th century apothecary; it is a narrative composition