Birth, Allegory of human life (series title), The three Fates Lachesis, Atropos and Clotho sit in a room and spin the thread of life. They determine the life cycle and longevity by measuring and cutting the thread of life. One holds the spindle, the other spins the thread and the third cuts it. Children are playing in the background on the right, a woman is lying in bed on the left and three women are taking care of a newborn child. Below the scene is a text in Latin, numbered in the left margin: 1. The print is part of a series of allegorical prints on human life., print, print maker: Pieter

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