GHEYN, Jacob de II
(b. 1565, Antwerp, d. 1629, The Hague)

Allegory of Transience

1599
Engraving, 457 x 352 mm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Two common vanitas symbols, cut flowers and smoke, rise from urns occupy the lower corners of the engraving, while in the centre a child is making bubbles.




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