The years of a man's life from 90 to 100: death. Engraving by Gerard van Groeningen, 1572.

  • Groeningen, Gerard van, active 1561-1575.
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The tenth in a series of ten prints showing the decades of a man's life

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[Place of publication not identified] : Philipp Galle

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1 print : engraving ; image 19.4 x 24.1 cm

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Et tandem finis vitæ mortalibus adstat, scandenda est torvi lubrica cymba senis. Lan centiesme, mort nous faict la guerre, les biens aux boirs, et le corps en terre.

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Anouk Janssen, Grijsaards in zwart-wit: de verbeelding van de ouderdom in de Nederlandse prentkunst (1550-1650), Zutphen 2007, p. 131, fig. 67

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Wellcome Collection 34561i

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