A vanitas still life with a skull resting on a book and a bouquet in a vase

FRENCH SCHOOL, 1730 A vanitas still life with a skull resting on a book and a bouquet in a vase inscribed 'Mortet il faulo Mourio il voir R[...] / Si Cerlain Pece A. Toy Songe [...] / Moy fury le mal fay le Bein / 1730 / Teniere' (lower center) oil on canvas 15 x 18 in. (38 x 45.7 cm.)