Mirror of life Specvlvm propriae vilitatis (title on object) Twelve mirrors with which man tries to see God (series title) Duodecim Specula Deum (series title), In the foreground a mirror with a skull. Four snakes around the mirror, symbolizing original sin. A believer is sitting under the mirror on a coffin. Two skeletons stand on either side of the mirror and point their arrows at the believer. In the background Moses and the burning bush, Adam and Eve in Earthly Paradise, the blessing of two devout believers by a priest, At the back right a boy with a splinter in his eye is reprimanded by
Mirror of life Specvlvm propriae vilitatis (title on object) Twelve mirrors with which man tries to see God (series title) Duodecim Specula Deum (series title), In the foreground a mirror with a skull. Four snakes around the mirror, symbolizing original sin. A believer is sitting under the mirror on a coffin. Two skeletons stand on either side of the mirror and point their arrows at the believer. In the background Moses and the burning bush, Adam and Eve in Earthly Paradise, the blessing of two devout believers by a priest, At the back right a boy with a splinter in his eye is reprimanded by an older man with a beam in his eye. The print has a Latin caption: 'Huc ades: quid fis, quid eris, fuerife, tuere. Huic specvlo titulus'. Below is a legend of the scenes that are alphabetically numbered in the picture. The print is part of a twelve-part series (VI from XII prints) with the subject twelve mirrors with which man tries to see God., Skull as symbol of 'Vanitas', mirror, the burning bush, calling of Moses, Adam and Eve hide from God, Death as skeleton, coffin, the mote and the beam in the eye, doctrine or Christ on love, etc. (Matthew 7: 4, Luke 6:42), Theodoor Galle, 1610, paper, engraving, h 152 mm × w 89 mm
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