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Monochrome vanitas engraving: a seated nude woman, a figure holding up a parrot, a child with fruit, and a skull among bubbles.

Allegorie op de vergankelijkheid (Vanitas)

A dark engraved allegory shows a seated nude woman at right and a central figure raising a parrot toward floating soap bubbles. A kneeling child at lower left holds a bowl of fruit beside a skull on the ground.

Artist
Johannes de Groot (II) (mentioned on object)
Date
1745
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3254 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1745.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Español: Alegoría de la fugacidad (Vanitas)

Una oscura alegoría grabada muestra a una mujer desnuda sentada a la derecha y a una figura central que alza un loro hacia burbujas de jabón flotantes. Un niño arrodillado, abajo a la izquierda, sostiene un cuenco con frutas junto a un cráneo en el suelo.

Português: Alegoria da fugacidade (Vanitas)

Uma alegoria gravada e escura mostra uma mulher nua sentada à direita e uma figura central que ergue um papagaio em direção a bolhas de sabão flutuantes. Uma criança ajoelhada, à esquerda, segura uma tigela com frutas ao lado de uma caveira no chão.

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