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Allegory on transience (Vanitas)
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Allegory on transience (Vanitas)

Johannes de Groot (II) · 1745 · engraving; mezzotint; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Allegory on transience with three children, one blowing soap bubbles. Another holds a parrot and a third plays a lute. In the foreground lies a skull.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineAllegorie op de vergankelijkheid (Vanitas). 1745. Johannes de Groot (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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