The personifications of Faith and Innocence protect a young man from the arrows that Envy directs at him. In the background on the right, the same boy is introduced to the Christian Faith. Below the depiction is a text in Latin, numbered in the left margin: 5. The print is part of a series of allegorical prints on the life of man, Choosing Virtue Allegory of the Life of Man , print maker: Pieter Jalhea Furnius, (mentioned on object), Jan van der Straet, (mentioned on object), publisher: Hieronymus Cock, (mentioned on object), Antwerp, 1570, paper, engraving, h 223 mm × w 300 mm

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