Mirror of life; Speclvm Propriae Vilitatis; Twelve mirrors with which man tries to see God; Duodecim Specula Deum. In the foreground a mirror with a skull. Around the mirror four snakes, symbol of original sin. A believer sits under the mirror on a coffin. Two skeletons are on both sides of the mirror and focus their arrows on the believer. In the background Moses and the burning bush; Adam and Eva in earthly paradise; the blessing of two devote believers by a priest; Right rear 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 captio
Mirror of life; Speclvm Propriae Vilitatis; Twelve mirrors with which man tries to see God; Duodecim Specula Deum. In the foreground a mirror with a skull. Around the mirror four snakes, symbol of original sin. A believer sits under the mirror on a coffin. Two skeletons are on both sides of the mirror and focus their arrows on the believer. In the background Moses and the burning bush; Adam and Eva in earthly paradise; the blessing of two devote believers by a priest; Right rear 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: ET Quid Fis, Quid Eris, Fuerife, Tuere. HUIC SPECH HOLT Titulus'. At the bottom of a legend of the scenes that are alphabetically numbered in the image. 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.
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