The Palace of Luxury

A boy and a girl are side by side, visible from the chest up under the arch of a Roman building. The girl rests her hands on the boy’s shoulder, while the statue of a Roman general stands behind them, its pedestal bearing the following maxim: "Brevis illa voluptas abrogat aeternum coeli decus," which translates to This short pleasure takes away forever the glory of heaven. This phrase is originally found in Opus macaronicum by Teofilo Folengo.