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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn: Cupid with the Soap Bubble

🖼 Cupid with the Soap Bubble, 1634
Oil on canvas
75 × 93 cm
Vienna, Austria

A cherub blows a luminous soap bubble against dark shadow, rendered in warm ochres and golds with masterful chiaroscuro. The fleeting sphere symbolizes life's transience and vanity, a memento mori theme beloved in Dutch Golden Age art.

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