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Old Age under the Influence of Saturn
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
In the air floats the planet god Saturn, a sickle and a baby in hand. In the foreground the personification of Conscientia, conscience. She has all kinds of (holy) books with her and points admonishingly to the sky. An old man next to her has a richly filled purse but is surrounded by symbols that stand for the transience of life: spectacles, an hourglass, a smoking fire. In the background the portal of a church, where people distribute alms to beggars. The print has a Latin inscription and is part of a seven-part series on the power of the seven planets over the seven ages of man.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineHoge ouderdom onder invloed van Saturnus. 1581. Adriaen Collaert. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.