Allegory on the complexity of man; HVMANA complexio. Landscape with a naked child, leaning back against a tree. His arm rests on a skull, his legs on a lion. It is surrounded by a lamb, a fox, a snake and a bird. In his hand he has an hourglass (which symbolizes the transience of life). He points to the name "Christ" to heaven, surrounded by rays and cherubs. The show has been caught in an ornamental frame with in the corners of medallions in which the four different life periods of man are depicted: a baby is born in a maternity room (top left), young men engaged in study, music and painting
Allegory on the complexity of man; HVMANA complexio. Landscape with a naked child, leaning back against a tree. His arm rests on a skull, his legs on a lion. It is surrounded by a lamb, a fox, a snake and a bird. In his hand he has an hourglass (which symbolizes the transience of life). He points to the name "Christ" to heaven, surrounded by rays and cherubs. The show has been caught in an ornamental frame with in the corners of medallions in which the four different life periods of man are depicted: a baby is born in a maternity room (top left), young men engaged in study, music and painting (top right), a family In prayer for meals (bottom left), an old man on his deathbed surrounded by grieving family members (bottom right). Between the medallions cartouches with bible quotes in Latin, and attributes associated with the activities of the different ages.
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