A man dressed in a long cloak, full-length, seen on the left, with the right hand pointing to a winged hourglass in the left hand. Behind him, among other things, a number of books, scissors, and a tool with a funnel and a wheel attached. Below the representation is a seven-line Latin poem. This print is part of a series of eight prints: a title print and seven numbered portraits of Greek wise men, Pittakos of Mytilene Pittacus Mitylenaeus The seven wise men of Greece (series title), print maker: Jacob de Gheyn (III), (mentioned on object), Decimus Magnus Ausonius, (mentioned on object

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