Death and Cupid shoot each other's arrows and an old man courts a young woman, ca. 1707-1708

Allegory in which an old man (Louis XIV) courts a young woman (Madame de Maintenon) and Death and Cupido shoot each other's arrows, ca. 1707-1708. A monkey with glasses steals coins from the old man's purse. Numbered: 2 and marked: Pag. 7. Part of: The Steadfast Monarchy of Death, a series of 8 old plates with verses adapted for use as satirical prints on the French in the context of the War of the Spanish Succession. Part of the print work published under the collective title 't Lust-Hof van Momus with the bundled series of satirical prints during the years 1701-1713 of the War of the Spanish Succession.