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Engraved vanitas scene: a boy seated at a marble ledge beside a bowl, with flowers, fruit, a draped curtain and a cherub medallion, and a Latin inscription below.

Humana cuncta Fumus, Umbra, Vanitas: boy with bubble and vanitas still life

An engraving of a young boy seated at a marble ledge, holding a small object near a bowl, with a draped curtain behind him and a cherub in a medallion below. Flowers, fruit and a putto statue fill the left side, and a Latin inscription runs along the lower edge.

Artist
Arnoud van Halen (mentioned on object)
Date
1673-1732
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3171 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1732.
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

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