Quis evadet?

A curly-haired child sits amidst various symbols of transience, including a large skull and a smoking incense burner. On the left, a tall lily grows, while in the background, a distant town is visible beneath a sky filled with billowing clouds and delicate bubbles. The image captures the moment the bubbles are released, illustrating the fragility of life.

This engraving is a definitive expression of the 'homo bulla' (man is a bubble) concept, a central theme in Renaissance Neostoicism and Christian humanism. It visually manifests the proverb popularized by Erasmus in his Adagia, emphasizing the fleeting nature of human existence and the inevitability of death.