print
- Museum number
- 1948,0410.4.184
- Title
- Series: The ages of man
- Description
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The age of forty (4; XL). A man in a study, seated at a desk, holding up an astrolabe and a compass on his other hand; an open book and other tools seen on his desk; a dog nearby and, through an open door an obelisk and a man seen from behind; oval in an ornamental border decorated with astrolabes, a globe, and objects related to measuring.
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1572 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 203 millimetres
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Width: 238 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- From a series of ten plates (New Hollstein 14-23) on the Ages of Man.
The verses in Latin by Hugo Favolius.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1753
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1948,0410.4.184
