Identification title(s): staircase of old age. Object type: print object number: rp-p-1908-5732. Catalog reference: fmh 1990-b. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: ten men aged from 0 to 100 years stand on ten steps of the stairs of old age, in the shape of a bridge. Under the bridge three arches with allegorical scenes: in the middle the last judgment. At the bottom the text: when a man rises and falls, one falls suddenly and then bangh. At the top, two 4-line verses in dutch in cartouches. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: anonymous, publisher: claes jansz. Visscher (ii) (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: amsterdam. Dating: 1612 - 1652. Physical features: engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Subject: what: the ages of man represented by a staircase. Death as skeleton owls. Acquisition: purchase 1908. Date: between 1612 and 1652.
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