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Theatrum vitae humanae [graphic] / aenis tabulis per Ioa[n] Phrys. exaratum.

Vredeman de Vries, Hans, 1527-approximately 1604, artist.; Wierix, Jan, 1549-approximately 1620, printmaker.; Wierix, Jeronimus, 1553-1619, printmaker.; Costere, Pieter de, 1527-1584, publisher.
1577
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART Box V981 no.1

Title
Theatrum vitae humanae [graphic] / aenis tabulis per Ioa[n] Phrys. exaratum.
Variant title
Hollstein set title: Life of man
Created/published
Antwerp : Excude. Petrus Balt, 1577.
Description
1 print : engraving ; platemark
Associated name
Vredeman de Vries, Hans, 1527-approximately 1604, artist.
Wierix, Jan, 1549-approximately 1620, printmaker.
Wierix, Jeronimus, 1553-1619, printmaker.
Costere, Pieter de, 1527-1584, publisher.
Material base
paper
Summary
Title surrounded by an ornamental design. On the left, a vignette of a woman nursing a baby and a toddler running in front of them. On the right, a vignette of an old man warming his hands by a fire.
Note
Title page to a set of engravings representing the ages of man through the six orders of a classical column.

Hollstein attributes engravings in this set to Jeronimus Wierix, Alvin attributes it to Jeronimus' brother, Jan Wierix.

"Hemerobius"--inscribed in plate within top left corner of image.

With two columns of Dutch verse inscribed in plate beneath image.
Cited/described in
Hollstein, F.W.H. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, vol. XLVIII, p. 88, no. 435
Alvin, L. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre des trois frères, Jean, Jérôme & Antoine Wierix, p. 298, no. 1492
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART Box V981 no.1
Genre/form
Prints.
Emblems (allegorical pictures)
Place of creation/publication
Belgium -- Antwerp.

Call number
ART Box V981 no.1 (size S)
Folger accession
206777

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