OUDDDDOM, HOMEONYMONYMONY WINIZED, AFTER Ambrosius Frock (I), 1563 - 1584 print Allegory of old age, corresponding to the four times of the day and the four seasons. On the triumphal wagon of the Night (NOx) are fame (Fama) and one of the three branch goddinnen (Parcae), accompanied by spinning women. The car is pulled by an ox, driven by father Time (Tempus), and rolls over people and animals. The procession is preceded by an old man with a banner on which the signs of the zodiac are depicted, Capricorn, Waterman and Fish, and death (fatum) on horseback. In the margin a four -line caption, in
OUDDDDOM, HOMEONYMONYMONY WINIZED, AFTER Ambrosius Frock (I), 1563 - 1584 print Allegory of old age, corresponding to the four times of the day and the four seasons. On the triumphal wagon of the Night (NOx) are fame (Fama) and one of the three branch goddinnen (Parcae), accompanied by spinning women. The car is pulled by an ox, driven by father Time (Tempus), and rolls over people and animals. The procession is preceded by an old man with a banner on which the signs of the zodiac are depicted, Capricorn, Waterman and Fish, and death (fatum) on horseback. In the margin a four -line caption, in two columns, in Latin. Antwerp paper engraving human life divided into stages. personification of the night, 'Nox'; 'Notte', 'Carro della notte', 'Serenità della notte' (Ripa). chariot, triumphal car. Fates, Parcae (Moirae). Fame; 'Fama', 'Fama buona', 'Fama chiara' (Ripa). Father Time, man with wings and scythe. Death as skeleton. zodiacal signs of the winter season
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