'Theatrum Vitae Humanae...', complete series of seven engravings, Antwerp, Joannes Galle, 1638

956

Work: ca. 27 x 19,2 cm

Frame: 40,5 x 35 cm

 

Complete series with frontispiece and six tables depicting the six ages of man included in the representation of the architectural orders, in the Joannes Galle edition published in Antwerp in 1638. The first edition was published by Pieter Baltens in 1577, also in Antwerp. The series based on an invention by Hans Vredeman de Vries. 

 

Ref.:

- Hollstein (Vredeman de Vries), 435-441.

- Mauquoy-Hendrickx, 1499-1505.