Hendrick Goltzius,Quis Evadet? + detail of Latin inscription (1594).The inscription reads:Quis Evade
Hendrick Goltzius, Quis Evadet? + detail of Latin inscription (1594).The inscription reads:Quis Evadet? Who will be spared?The fresh and silvery flower fragrant withthe breath of spring,Withers at once, its beauty perishes;So the life of man, already ebbing in the newly born,Vanishes like a bubble or like fleeting smoke. -- source link
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