Soap Bubbles, ca. 1859, Oil on canvas, 51 1/2 x 38 5/8 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Thomas Couture (French, Senlis 1815

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Soap Bubbles, ca. 1859, Oil on canvas, 51 1/2 x 38 5/8 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Thomas Couture (French, Senlis 1815–1879 Villiers-le-Bel), A schoolboy, identifiable by the books on the desk, contemplates soap bubbles, traditional symbols of the transience of life. A wilting laurel wreath on the wall behind him suggests the fleeting nature of praise and honors

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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