Street art · Rotterdam

Herman van Olst

By Harry Sengers

Herman van Olst by Harry Sengers, Rotterdam
Photo: Sterz, CC0

This trompe-l'œil memorial for housing builder Herman van Olst is basically a vanitas painting glow-up — hourglass, ship model, and clock all screaming "time's up" like a Dutch Golden Age still life gatecrashing a brick facade.

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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