Skip to main content
Membership Shop
The Pleasures of the World are Like Smoke and Like Ice Turning into Water

Etienne Delaune and Jean Delaune

The Pleasures of the World are Like Smoke and Like Ice Turning into Water

1579

Scroll
The Pleasures of the World are Like Smoke and Like Ice Turning into Water

Etienne Delaune and Jean Delaune

The Pleasures of the World are Like Smoke and Like Ice Turning into Water

The Pleasures of the World are Like Smoke and Like Ice Turning into Water

1579

Physical Qualities Etching, Plate (trimmed within platemark): 71 × 99 mm. (2 13/16 × 3 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.1100

Inscribed: Recto: in image, lower left, in plate "SE" Verso: none

Markings: CM: Claghorn

Artist

Etienne Delaune

2000–2000

French, c. 1518/19-1583
Meet Etienne →

Artist

Jean Delaune

1558–2000

French, born 1559
Meet Jean →
Not on View

Explore the Collection Further

BY SAME ARTIST
PRINTS, DRAWINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS
Adam and Eve Eating of the Forbidden Fruit
Stefano Scolari and Etienne Delaune
Adam and Eve Eating of the Forbidden Fruit
1639–1690
THE WORLD IS LIKE A GARDEN OF FLOWERS, SOON DESTROYED BY DEATH
Etienne Delaune and Jean Delaune
The World is Like a Garden of Flowers, Soon Destroyed by Death
1579
Cain Fleeing from the Wrath of God
Stefano Scolari and Etienne Delaune
Cain Fleeing from the Wrath of God
1639–1690
TIME TRIUMPHS OVER THE WORLD AS WELL AS OVER THE MOST SUPERB EDIFICES
Etienne Delaune and Jean Delaune
Time Triumphs Over the World as Well as Over the Most Superb Edifices
1579
SEGNITIES ET LVXVS . . . HERCULES KILLING DIOMEDES
Etienne Delaune
Segnities et Lvxvs . . . Hercules Killing Diomedes
1572
IT IS EASIER TO COMBINE WATER AND FIRE THAN TO GUARD ONE'S SAFETY BY ABANDONMENT TO THE WORLD
Etienne Delaune and Jean Delaune
It is Easier to Combine Water and Fire than to Guard One's Safety by Abandonment to the World
1579
The Creation of Eve
Stefano Scolari and Etienne Delaune
The Creation of Eve
1639–1690
THE PLEASURES OF THE WORLD RESEMBLE A FLOWER, THE WIND, AND MOVING WAVES
Etienne Delaune and Jean Delaune
The Pleasures of the World Resemble a Flower, the Wind, and Moving Waves
1579
Cain Killing Abel
Stefano Scolari and Etienne Delaune
Cain Killing Abel
1639–1690
WATERLOO BRIDGE, SUNLIGHT EFFECT WITH SMOKE
Claude Monet
Waterloo Bridge, Sunlight Effect with Smoke
1902
DA DIANA SACRIS (DIANA GIVING HER HUNTING HORN TO HERCULES)
Etienne Delaune
Da Diana Sacris (Diana Giving Her Hunting Horn to Hercules)
1537–1582
Donnell Service Hot Water Serving Dish Monogrammed "JAD"
1800–1832