1663 Vanitas - Still Life with Books, Manuscripts and a Skull by Edwaert Collier, Dutch Artist. Holding Museum: National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan. Don't plagiarize. Credit the artist and the holding museum ... We never really own books. We are just book caretakers. In the end, we pass on as will our libraries. - pfb / Patricia Bee / PitcherBooks @ LibraryThing.