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Tuscana, from The Life of Man (Theatrum Vitæ Humanæ)

Hieronymus (Jerome) Wierix Netherlandish
after Hans Vredeman de Vries Netherlandish
Publisher Pieter Balten Netherlandish

1577

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The Tuscan order, representing the age from 64 to 80; from a series with the six ages of man shown as the the architectural orders.

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Title: Tuscana, from The Life of Man (Theatrum Vitæ Humanæ)

Series/Portfolio: The Life of Man (Theatrum Vitæ Humanæ)

Artist: Hieronymus (Jerome) Wierix (Netherlandish, ca. 1553–1619 Antwerp)

Artist: after Hans Vredeman de Vries (Netherlandish, Leeuwarden 1527–1606 (?) Antwerp (?))

Publisher: Pieter Balten (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1526/27–1584 Antwerp)

Published in: Antwerp

Date: 1577

Medium: Engraving; first state of two (Hollstein)

Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 1/2 in. (20.6 × 26.6 cm)

Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture

Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949

Accession Number: 49.95.2597(6)

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