Design for the Last Print in the Series Omnium rerum vicissitudo est
Painter: Jacques de Gheyn (II)
Year:
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Medium: pen
Description: The message of this print series is that existence unfolds in a fixed order, and when complete the cycle begins anew. The personifications around the globe make this clear: Peace is at the top, followed at the left by Fortune, then Wealth, Pride, Envy, War, Poverty, and Piety. Notice that this is counter-clockwise: after all, the drawing is the mirror image of the print.