Nolpe, Pieter. The women's looking glass

Folger bibliographic ID: 256345
Folger call number: ART Box A265 no.2
Folger holdings ID: 339148
Accession Number: 225695

A woman in twelve different stages of life. In the bottom left corner she is depicted as an infant, and in the bottom right she is depicted at 100 years old. In between is a stepped brick wall, and on each step she stands, representing a decade of her life. Hanging on the wall are three oval frames containing depictions of Adam and Eve, starting with the temptation and ending with the expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Two putti and a skeleton are on the ground before the wall

General notes

This record contains unverified data from old cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete text. Please consult Curator for assistance John Overton published at the above address from 1667-1707. See Plomer. Dict. of booksellers. This print was originally published by Rombout van den Hoeye as "Vrouwen spiegel" ca. 1650 13 rhymed couplets in English beneath image Also available as a digital reproduction

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1990-1991. Five Years of Acquisitions (catalog p. 80)

Item information about Folger ART Box A265 no.2

Adopted by R. Justus Hanks in memory of Eleanor F. Hanks, Acquisitions Night 1985

Extended title: The women's looking glass Rombout van den Hoeije excudit ; Jacobus Robijn ex. ; P. Nolpe f
Alternate titles: Den een verslyte et vrouwe kleed met vreugd en dander weer met leet

Adam (Biblical figure) Eve (Biblical figure) Women Life cycle Clothing & dress Skeletons

printmaker: Nolpe, Pieter, 1601-
depiction: Adam (Biblical figure)
depiction: Eve (Biblical figure)
publisher: Overton, John, 1640-1708?
associated name: Hoeye, Rombout van den, 1622-1671