Allegory of Transience, etching by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

An etching showing a bearded man in a flowing cloak leaning on a tall staff, with a kneeling old man at left and a stone urn carved with reliefs behind them. At right, a seated figure sits on a ledge beside two women and a small nude child among scattered books and rubble.

Artist

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Date

1655

Medium

Etching on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2800 × 1960 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum