Geffrey Whitney, A choice of emblemes (Leiden, 1586)

Emblem 61

Two boys are blowing bubbles; other boys are trying, in vain, to catch them

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Related emblem in another book: embmne_jun1565_emblem016

Iconclass

• 11R511 (children or putti) blowing bubbles, 'Homo Bulla' ~ scene symbolizing 'Vanitas'
• 25G11 groups of trees
• 25G13 groups of plants (herbs)
• 25H11 mountains
• 25H15 forest, wood
• 31A2321 leaning forward
• 31A2351 sitting on the ground
• 31A243 head bent backwards
• 31A244 head bent forward; bowing
• 31A2512(+933) arm stretched forward (+ holding something)
• 31AA2512(+933) arm stretched forward - AA - both arms or hands (+ holding something)
• 31AA2512(+934) arm stretched forward - AA - both arms or hands (+ reaching for somebody or something, seizing something, touching)
• 31AA2513(+934) arm stretched sidewards - AA - both arms or hands (+ reaching for somebody or something, seizing something, touching)
• 31A2516(+933) arm or hand held in front of the body (+ holding something)
• 31A26113(+51) sitting or lying with both legs straight, side by side (+ standing)
• 31A2626(+53) sitting or lying with one leg stretched forward and the other leg drawn up (+ sitting)
• 31A2711 walking
• 31A54611 soap-bubble
• 31B6211 looking upwards
• 31B6212 looking downwards
• 31D11221(+78) boy (child between toddler and youth) (+ eight persons)
• 31D11221(+89) boy (child between toddler and youth) (+ nude human being)
• 41C345 bowl
• 43C71462(+0) ball throwing and catching (children's games) (+ variant)
• 43C7851 bubble-blowing (children's games and plays)
• 43C7851(+4)(BLOWPIPE)
• 49L8 inscription
• 51H1(+4):53A1(+4) Totality, the Whole (+ emblematical representation of concept)❧Will; 'Volontà' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 52AA51(+4) Folly, Foolishness; 'Pazzia', 'Sciocchezza', 'Stoltitia' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 54BB3(+4) Inutility, Noxiousness; 'Nocumento', 'Nocumento d'ogni cosa' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 57AA7(+4) Malevolence, Maliciousness; 'Malevolenza', 'Malignità', 'Malvagità' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 86(CUNCTA COMPLECTI VELLE, STULTUM) proverbs, sayings, etc. (CUNCTA COMPLECTI VELLE, STULTUM)
• 86(ET TUTTO ABBRACCIO ET NULLA STRINGO) proverbs, sayings, etc. (ET TUTTO ABBRACCIO ET NULLA STRINGO)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem061
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem061
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667