De mens op honderdjarige leeftijd 1569 - 1575

"De mens op honderdjarige leeftijd" (Man at the Age of One Hundred), an engraving by Gerard van Groeningen, depicts the death of a man surrounded by mourners and skeletons. The scene is enclosed within an elaborate frame decorated with skulls and other symbols of mortality, such as a shovel and a scythe. The inscription at the bottom of the image, which includes the Latin phrase "SCANDENDA EST TORVI LUBRICA CYMBA SENES" ("The slippery boat of old age must be climbed"), emphasizes the inevitability of death and the fragility of life. Van Groeningen’s artwork, dated between 1569 and 1575, offers a somber reminder of the fleeting nature of human existence.