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

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

1580

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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

1580

Physical Qualities Etching, Plate (trimmed within platemark): 71 × 99 mm. (2 13/16 × 3 7/8 in.)
Portfolio/Series Moral Allegories
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

French, c. 1518/19-1583

Meet Etienne Delaune

Artist

Jean Delaune

French, born 1559

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Adam and Eve Eating of the Forbidden Fruit
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Cain Fleeing from the Wrath of God
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Cain Fleeing from the Wrath of God
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THE PATIENCE OF WATER AND THE BLACKBERRY BUSH AT THE SLUICE GATE
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The Patience of Water and the Blackberry Bush at the Sluice Gate
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SEGNITIES ET LVXVS . . . HERCULES KILLING DIOMEDES
Etienne Delaune
Segnities et Lvxvs . . . Hercules Killing Diomedes
1573
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
1580
The Creation of Eve
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The Creation of Eve
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TIME TRIUMPHS OVER THE WORLD AS WELL AS OVER THE MOST SUPERB EDIFICES
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Time Triumphs Over the World as Well as Over the Most Superb Edifices
1580
Cain Killing Abel
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Cain Killing Abel
1640-1691
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
1580
DA DIANA SACRIS (DIANA GIVING HER HUNTING HORN TO HERCULES)
Etienne Delaune
Da Diana Sacris (Diana Giving Her Hunting Horn to Hercules)
1573
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
1580