Allegory on the vanity of man. A naked woman (vanitas) is lying on a four-poster bed, she is being watched by unchastity (impudicitia), a satyr who pulls off the sheet and lets a plummet commute near her pubic area. Under her feet are attributes of science and martial art. Beneath her pillow lie earthly resources that fall from the bed and disappear through a hole in the floor. On the far left is a man, the worldly man (mundanus homo), who has been exposed to the seductive naked women in the room. Next to him the deciduous lust (peritura voluptas) and ephemeral joy (brevis laetitia). On the far right is the physical lust (caro), she holds a rope in her hand that is tied to a trap door on which the man stands. The representation is clarified in the dutch, french and german captions in the margin. Print published in antwerp by willem van haecht who also composed the text. Engraved by hieronymus wierix after design by ambrosius francken (i). Date: 1578. Dimensions: height: 238 mm (9.37 in); width: 323 mm (12.71 in). Medium: engraving. Collection: Rijksmuseum. Hieronymus Wierix, Ambrosius Francken (I) (After) - The seduction of man
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