# Allegory of Human Fragility

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CERRINI, Giovanni Domenico](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cerrini-giovanni-domenico-r2bc6f547b03907>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 130 x 97 cm

## Commentary

The text, written on the fan in the right hand of the female figure, reads: &#34;Everything passes / passes and does not last / All human happiness / fades and declines\). It is an allegory therefore of the transience of human life.

## Related artworks

- [Apollo and the Cumaean Sibyl](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cerrini-giovanni-domenico-r2bc6f547b03907/apollo-and-the-cumaean-sibyl-re6055f8600da6d>)

## Attribution

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