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Hieronymus (Jerome) Wierix|Ambrosius Francken I

Childhood (Dawn) from The Four Ages of Man and Death with the Last Judgment

Before 1619
Engraving; state before Hollstein's first state of seven (before astrological symbols added to the flag on left and before any publisher's address)
23 × 31.5 cm (9.1 × 12.4 in)

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