Leaning against it is a dark-eyed
it's built to endure—just like the themes it represents
illustrating the inevitable supremacy of Death over all
this plush toy is incredibly soft
man is calm and untroubled—and the gods
"Human Fragility" by Salvator Rosa Matte Poster Spring Leaning against it is aHuman Fragility [L'Umana Fragilit] (1656) by Salvator Rosa (Italy, 1615 1673) Human Fragility was painted during a time of great pestilence. The artist himself had lost many close relatives to disease, including his son, brother, and sister. The painting depicts the artist's mistress, Lucrezia, and their son. The Angel of Death is clenching the young boy's wrist and compelling him to write, "Conceptio Culpa, Nasci Pena, Labor Vita, Necesse Mori",