Crispin de PASSE the Elder (Armuyden 1565ca - 1637) "Virilitas Honori" Original etching signed in plate on the bottom right "Crispin de Passe fecit et excud." from a subject by Maarten de Vos for the series dedicated to the "Four Ages of Man" printed and published by van de Passe himself. Beautiful specimen printed with careful inking on a portion of thin laid paper bearing an undeciphered watermark, with very small margins beyond the imprint of the sheet and in excellent general condition. Bibliography: Hollstein “Dutch and Flemish Etchings…” Amsterdam 1991 vol.XV pag.188 n ° 3. Wurzbach "Niederlandische Kunstler Lexicon" Leipzig 1906 vol.2 pag.304. Measurements in mm: 202 x 223ca (the sheet)