Ouderdom, buyten-leven, en Hof-gedachten op sorg-vliet
This is a Dutch emblem book printed in Amsterdam in 1656 by Jan Jacobsz. Schipper, with verse by Jacob Cats and plates after Adriaen van de Venne, Cornelis van Dalen and Michiel Mosyn, made for a moralising readership reflecting on old age, country life and court life. Its pictures are dense engraved scenes with crowded figures, skeletons, tombs, angels and allegorical props, so a designer could draw on their tight line work, layered vanitas symbolism and busy group compositions.
