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Engraving of a nude infant blowing soap bubbles beside a skull and bones, with a smoking lamp on a pedestal and a Latin inscription below.

Allegory of Transcience ‘Homo Bulla’

A nude infant sits on a skull and bones, blowing soap bubbles from a clay pipe while a smoking lamp stands on a pedestal at right. Fine crosshatched engraving shows a distant landscape and, below, a Latin inscription reading "Quis evadet?".

Artist
Hendrick Goltzius
Date
1594
Medium
Engraving on laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2306 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1594).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds

Español: Alegoría de la transitoriedad 'Homo Bulla' (grabado, 1594)

Un bebé desnudo se sienta sobre una calavera y huesos, soplando pompas de jabón con una pipa de barro mientras una lámpara humeante descansa sobre un pedestal a la derecha. El grabado de trama fina muestra un paisaje lejano y, debajo, una inscripción en latín: "Quis evadet?".

Português: Alegoria da transitoriedade 'Homo Bulla' (gravura, 1594)

Um bebê nu está sentado sobre uma caveira e ossos, soprando bolhas de sabão com um cachimbo de barro enquanto uma lamparina fumegante repousa sobre um pedestal à direita. A gravura de hachuras finas mostra uma paisagem distante e, abaixo, uma inscrição em latim: "Quis evadet?".

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