Guided Pathway

Rubens’ “Fortuna” (c. 1636) (#9) is located between the two images, balancing carefully on her iconic slippery sphere. The moment for establishing calm is indicated as fleeting; she may fall at any time. The “Il Contento” painting by Nikolaus Knüpfer (1609-55) (1651) (#7) just below it indicates what will happen if this moment is not seized in the correct way.