A putto leans against a skull. In his right hand he holds a pipe with which he has blown bubbles, in his left hand a shell; behind him is a vessel from which smoke rises. At the bottom of the depiction are the words "Quis evadet?" ("Who will escape?") and below the depiction four lines of Latin.
| Artist |
Hendrick Goltzius
RKD
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|---|---|
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Willem Hessels van Elst
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| Title | Homo bulla (Allegory of Transience) |
| Date | 1594 |
| Period | 16th century |
| Location | Haarlem TGN |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription in the depiction, bottom centre: Quis evadet? |
| printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: HG./ 1594 | |
| inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Flos novus, et verna fragans [...] bullae vanisq. elapsa vaporis. | |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: F. Estius | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-MR |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-MR |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11698/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055866
allegory (artistic device)
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11R5
(personifications of) 'Vanitas', the vanity of human life; Fragilita humana, Fugacita delle grandezze della gloria mondana, Meditatione della morte, Opera vana, Piacere vano, Vana gloria, Vanita (Ripa)
Iconclass
11R51 scenes symbolizing 'Vanitas' Iconclass 11R511 (children or putti) blowing bubbles, 'Homo Bulla' ~ scene symbolizing 'Vanitas' Iconclass 11R71 skull as symbol of 'Vanitas' Iconclass 25G41 flowers Iconclass 31A211 (human) skull Iconclass 31F11 death's head, skull (symbol of Death) Iconclass 31F12 bones (symbol of Death) Iconclass 41B162 smoke Iconclass 41C741 pipe ~ tobacco Iconclass 58B3 Immortality, Imperishableness; 'Immortalita' (Ripa) Iconclass 92D1916 cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti' Iconclass |
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