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Allegory on Transience
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A young woman (Hebe?) with a scythe in one hand, in the other she lets a plumb bob swing. She walks through a garden in which putti play with attributes indicating the passing of time and the preservation of youth. In the margin a loose text strip with a line in French. Subject headings within the Atlas of Manners and Customs: Manners and Customs in the Narrower Sense, The Beginning, Middle and End of Man, Childhood – Children's Play and Children's Pictures.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineAllegorie op vergankelijkheid. 1714. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
