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From 80 Years of Age to Death: The Ruin
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A very old man sits on a chair in a niche. Above the ruin sits Father Time; in front of a hole stands Death. Various ruins and broken columns are scattered across the landscape. In the margin, a four-line inscription in two columns in Latin.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineVan 80-jarige leeftijd tot de dood: de ruïne. 1577. Johannes Wierix. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
