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Still Life with ham, lemon, a roll, a glass of wine, and others on table. Pieter Claesz. 1643.

Dillian (in metallic leather). Christian Louboutin. 2009 ad campaign.

Still Life of Fruit & Dead Fowl. Harmen Steenwijck. 1650.

Robot 120 Ankle Boots (in gold patent). Christian Louboutin. 2009 ad campaign.

Vanitas Still with Skull. N.Le Peschier. 1661.

Tina (in nude suede). Christian Louboutin. 2009 ad campaign.

More on how fashion and creative design recycle random homages to masters of the past:

Christian Louboutin's latest ad campaign is by photographer Peter Lippmann. Nicolas Menu did the creative direction and Amandine Moine was in charge of the styling. [ViewOnFashion.com]

The mirroring of 17th century Dutch still life speaks to the "vanitas" that inspired Northern European painters like Claesz in the first place. Vanitas itself comes from Latin, meaning "emptiness" and loosely translates to the meaningless of corporeal life and the transient nature of vanity, futility of pleasure, and certainty of death. That is why the common symbols of vanitas are skulls (fatality), rotten fruit & animals (decay/age), smoke (brevity), and music (ephemeral nature).

In this sense, Louboutin is right on the money.