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Old Age (Night), from "The Four Ages of Man and Death with the Last Judgment"

After Ambrosius Francken I Flemish
Before 1619
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Old Age (Night), from "The Four Ages of Man and Death with the Last Judgment"
  • Series/Portfolio: The Four Ages of Man and Death with the Last Judgment
  • Artist: Hieronymus (Jerome) Wierix (Netherlandish, ca. 1553–1619 Antwerp)
  • Artist: After Ambrosius Francken I (Flemish, 1544–1618 Antwerp)
  • Date: Before 1619
  • Medium: Engraving; state before Hollstein's first state of two (before astrological symbols added to the flag on left)
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 9 x 12 1/2 in. (22.9 x 31.7 cm)
    Plate: 8 11/16 x 12 3/16 in. (22.1 x 30.9 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
  • Object Number: 2012.136.934.4
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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