Staircase of Life, The Man's Staircase of Life. The staircase has nine steps. There is a man on each stair step and the corresponding age on the stair step. On the right the young years from zero to fifty, on the left the old age from fifty to a hundred. In front of the stairs, two putti hold a cartouche depicting the Last Judgment. At the bottom of the margin are five four-line verses in Dutch., print, print maker: Jan Barentsz. Muyckens, (mentioned on object), after own design by: Jan Barentsz. Muyckens, (mentioned on object), Jan Zoet, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1637 - 1648, paper, e

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