Allegory of the good death of the man The Dying man Gay moriens L'homme mourant (title object) An old man lies on his deathbed, his hands folded in prayer. At his side stand Faith (Faith) and Prayer (Oratio). Believe pointing to the sky. a winged heart rises from the mouth of Prayer on. At the foot is Love (Charity). She shares money and food to the elderly and children. In heaven Christ sits on a rainbow, he trampled death and the devil. The clouds beside him Wisdom (Sapientia) and Hope (Spes). In the margin a four-line poem in Dutch, Latin and Frans. Manufacturer : printmaker: Jerome Who: ri
Allegory of the good death of the man The Dying man Gay moriens L'homme mourant (title object) An old man lies on his deathbed, his hands folded in prayer. At his side stand Faith (Faith) and Prayer (Oratio). Believe pointing to the sky. a winged heart rises from the mouth of Prayer on. At the foot is Love (Charity). She shares money and food to the elderly and children. In heaven Christ sits on a rainbow, he trampled death and the devil. The clouds beside him Wisdom (Sapientia) and Hope (Spes). In the margin a four-line poem in Dutch, Latin and Frans. Manufacturer : printmaker: Jerome Who: rix (listed property) designed by Ambrosius Francken (I) designed by Willem van Haecht (I) (listed object) to design: Godefried of Haecht (listed property) writer Willem van Haecht (I) (possible) publisher: Willem van Haecht (I) (listed building) Place manufacture: Antwerp Date: 1563 - characteristics 1619 Physical: engra material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) Dimensions: sheet: h 353 mm × W 449 mm Subject: dying peaceful, happy death (private) prayer; "Oratione '' Preghiere '' Preghiere a Dio '(Ripa) the Three Theological Virtue Wisdom; "Sapienza," Sapienza humana '' Sapienza vera '(Ripa) Christ axis (heavenly) judge death as skeleton devil (s) and demons
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