![Antonio de Pereda - Allegory of Transience [c.1634]](http://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49022256783_9c2356ebf1_b.jpg)
A winged angel embodies this vanitas, the memory of the transience of everything earthly. In front of the angel, objects are arranged in baroque abundance in a still-life manner, which point to the rapidly dwindling time, the nullity of power and the fleeting nature of the pleasures of life. The tabletop bears the inscription ‘nil omne’ (everything is void).
[Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna - Oil on canvas, 139.5 x 174 cm]