Allegory of beauty Left a young couple, looking at one another affectionately. Right an old woman with a necklace of snakes and bones, in addition to its skeleton of a man. With caption in Duits. Manufacturer : printmaker: Matthäus Greuter (listed building) Dated: 1574 - 1638 Material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) Dimensions: sheet: H 187 mm (cut inner plate edge) × W 261 mm (inner plate edge cut ) Subject Beauty; 'Bellezza' (RIPA) young vs. old age; young and oldscenes symbolizing 'Vanitas'ugly old woman, hagcut flowers; nosegay, bunch of flowers morality

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Photo credit: © Art World / Alamy / Afripics
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