Boy Blowing Soap Bubbles. Allegory on the Transitoriness and the Brevity of Life  1663

The boy has just lowered his pipe and looks with satisfaction at the bubbles he has sent flying. [br] One hand holds the soap dish, a scallop shell which still holds a few trembling bubbles. The boy is balanced on a giant soap bubble, surfing the waves on an equally giant shell. [b]An allegory[/b] This vessel constitutes a surreal element within what is otherwise a re...