English: La roue du monde (1940) ("The Wheel of the World"), oil painting by Jean Delville, 298,4 × 231,1 cm. KMSKA inv. nº 2607. According to art historian Brendan Cole (2015) ([1]), this painting is one of the last ones in large scale by Delville, finished when he was 74 years old, before he retired from the activity in 1947. It depicts, according to Cole, his Theosophical and Spiritualist beliefs in reincarnation and karma: the giant robed figure with a skull is an allegory for the "Lord of Karma", who turns the wheel with his finger; and the human figures in the wheel depict the cycle of lives and spiritual progress in an ascending order: at the bottom, are found themes of suffering, sensuality and crime; approaching the top of the wheel, appear themes such as love, maternity, stages of life such as childhood, and a spiritualization of the figures in an empyrean region, where they prepare for further incarnations. Ethereal figures of light also appear above and behind the wheel. It is an optimistical metaphysical painting, showing a dichotomy between materialism and spirituality, and Delville considered it one of his best works.