Title: Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill
Object type: Painting
Date: 1628
Artist:  Pieter Claesz 
Artist bio: Dutch, Berchem? 1596/97–1660 Haarlem
Artist nationality: Dutch
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. (24.1 x 35.9 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1949
Department: European Paintings
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Books, term: Skulls, term: Still Life, term: Drinking Glasses, term: Lamps