A woman surrounded by bubbles is sitting in front of a table with temporal riches, while smoke rises out of a cup; representing vanity. Engraving by W.I. Swanenburgh after A. Bloemaert.

[Place of publication not identified] : W. Swanenburgh, 1611.

1 print : engraving ; image 23.9 x 18.7 cm

Bullatas nugas, fumasque gaudia mundi, si nescis, haec te picta tabella docet. Hic fluit in laxa petulans bombyce puella, cuius inexhaustas area flagelat opes. Cui mundus placet, & gemmarum linea dives: et Myos archetypi, mentoreique scyphi. O curaas hominum! fumo, bullisque caducis, dum ludit, vanam se probat, immo, nihil. P.S. A. Bloemaert inventor. W. Swanenb. sculp. et exc. Anno 1611.

Wellcome Collection 38994i