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Stairs of Old Age, ca. 1650
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Stairs of Old Age, ca. 1650

anonymous · 1640 - 1660 · engraving; hand coloring; parchment (animal material)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Stairs of Old Age. On 10 steps of the stairs of old age stand 10 men in the age of 0 to 100 years. Under the bridge three arches with allegorical representations: in the middle The Last Judgment. At the bottom the text: Des menschen op en nedergangh valt d'eene soet en dander bangh. At the top in cartouches two 4-line verses in Dutch.

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Credit lineTrap des Ouderdoms, ca. 1650. 1640 - 1660. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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