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an 64 usque ad an 80, 5. Tuscana, Age from 64 to 80 years, the Tuscan order, Theatrum Vitæ Humanæ, Six ages of man, six architectural orders, print, album page, Series number, 5, 6, Old men walk around on the terrace of a dilapidated house, built in the Tuscan order. The window of the house in the upper right is broken. On the terrace, several men are sitting around a table, one of them with a younger woman on his lap. Another is wearing glasses. Behind them is a man with an amputated lower leg. The stairs from the terrace lead to a cemetery. In the margin a four-line text in two columns, in Latin., printmaker: Johannes Wierix, Antwerp, printmaker: Hieronymus Wierix, after design by Hans Vredeman de Vries, publisher: Theodoor Galle, 1577, 1598 - 1602, paper, engraving, gravure, height 211 mm x width 271 mm, old man, eyeglasses, spectacles, amputation, cemetery, park-like burying ground, Tuscan order, architecture, A detailed black and white engraving showing a crowded terrace and adjacent building with classical columns and arches, populated by numerous figures engaged in various actions; on the terrace several people stand, sit, gesture, and walk on a tiled floor bordered by a balustrade, while a seated man gestures toward a distant scene and another man with a cane stands nearby; a group of three people embrace or struggle near a table where a man drinks from a cup and plates and vessels sit on the tabletop; stairs lead up and down between terrace levels with people ascending and descending and one person falling down steps at the left; a large leafless tree rises near the terrace with perched birds and a nest in its branches; beyond the terrace a landscape extends with rolling hills, distant towers and fortifications, sailing ships on the water, and scattered small buildings; architectural details of the right-hand build

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B29_131

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Keywords

64 usque ad 80 5 Tuscana Age 64 80 years Tuscan order Theatrum Vitæ Humanæ Six ages man six architectural orders print album page Series number 6 Old men walk terrace dilapidated house built window house upper right broken several men sitting table them younger woman lap Another wearing glasses amputated lower leg stairs terrace lead cemetery margin four-line text two columns Latin printmaker Johannes Wierix Antwerp Hieronymus Wierix design Hans Vredeman de Vries publisher Theodoor Galle 1577 1598 - 1602 paper engraving gravure height 211 mm x width 271 mm old man eyeglasses spectacles amputation park- burying ground architecture detailed black white showing crowded terrace adjacent building classical columns arches populated numerous figures engaged various actions terrace several people stand sit gesture walk tiled floor bordered balustrade seated man gestures distant scene another man cane stands nearby group three people embrace struggle near man drinks cup plates vessels sit tabletop lead up down terrace levels people ascending descending person falling down steps left large leafless tree rises near perched birds nest branches beyond landscape extends rolling hills distant towers fortifications sailing ships water scattered small buildings architectural details right-hand build