An old man, full-length, seated by a window (through which ships off a coast can be seen), dressed in a long cloak, a large book beside him, a pointer in the right hand, measuring instruments in the foreground. Below the depiction 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, Thales of Miletus Thales Milesius The seven wise men of Greece (series title), print maker: Jacob de Gheyn (III), (mentioned on object), Decimus Magnus Ausonius, (mentioned on object), publisher: Nicolaes de Clerck, print maker

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