Karel Dujardin ~ Boy Blowing Soap Bubbles; Allegory on the Transitoriness and the Brevity of Life, 1663
“Homo bulla” means “Man is a bubble” a well-known saying in the 16th century.
“The lesson of this proverb is that there is nothing so fragile, so fleeting and so empty as the life of man. A bubble is that round swollen empty thing which we watch in the water as it grows and vanishes in a moment in time.” –from the Adagia of Erasmus
“The lesson of this proverb is that there is nothing so fragile, so fleeting and so empty as the life of man. A bubble is that round swollen empty thing which we watch in the water as it grows and vanishes in a moment in time.” –from the Adagia of Erasmus
tout ceci est magnifique 