Ages of man: third stage, from the age of thirty two to forty eight and the classical orders of architecture: ionic. Engraving by J. Wierix, 1577, after J. Vredeman de Vries.

  • Vredeman de Vries, Hans, 1527-approximately 1604.
Date:
1577
Reference:
37975i
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Description

This print, one of a series of seven, was published as the "Theatrum vitae humanae" and displayed six stages of the life of man, in connection with the five architectural orders (the sixth being destruction, showing ruins and skeletons representing death). While wrestling and tilting take place in the background, a family sit around a table in the foreground with their children involved in discussion, with a decorative two storey edifice rendered in perspective. Bringing up the next generation, with responsibilities and duty to God and the state in a just society is contrasted to injuries inflicted by fighting behind

Publication/Creation

[Antwerp] : [Christoffe Plantin], 1577.

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; image 19.4 x 26.8 cm

Lettering

3. Ionica. Hinc brevis atque velox ætas, et plena laborum, que trinis constat tre, cum trieteride lustris truminis excelsi contstanter querere regnum, et iubet, inactas reddi sub prefide leges. Bears no: 3

References note

Marie Mauquoy Hendrickx, Les estampes des Wierix, Brussels 1979, vol. II, p. 204, nos. 1499-1505

Reference

Wellcome Collection 37975i

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