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The child Papirius saluting Harpocrates as god of silence. Oil painting by a Spanish painter after O. Vaenius.

People engaged in pleasures (dancing, drinking, gaming, flirting) to counteract the pains of illness and old age. Line engraving attributed to O. van Veen (Vaenius).

A physician taking the pulse of and examining the urine of a sick old man, he is surrounded by his concerned family. Line engraving by O. van Veen.

Harpocrates, god of silence, holding a Roman standard and holding his finger to his lips; behind him the child Papirius receives a crowd at the steps of his house. Etching by S. Mulinari after O. Vaenius.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Etching by N. Martinez after O. Veen [O. Vaenius].

A surgeon operates on the eye of an immoral old man, while the efforts of Time and Minerva to cure his inner corruption are rebuffed. Line engraving after O. van Veen, 16--.

A duel on horseback between Alvar Sánchez and Gonzalo Gomez, watched by Doña Lambra: Alvar Sánchez is killed. Etching by A. Tempesta after O. Vaenius.

A battle between Romans and the Germans at Trier: the Germans are returning on a bridge over the river Moselle after having attacked the camp of the Romans, when the Romans counterattack. Etching by A. Tempesta after O. van Veen, 1612.

A furious cuckold rushes at his rival with a sword; representing vice as its own punishment. Engraving after O. van Veen (Vaenius), 1612.

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Veen, Otto van, 1556-1629

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A duel on horseback between Alvar Sánchez and Gonzalo Gomez, watched by Doña Lambra: Alvar Sánchez is killed. Etching by A. Tempesta after O. Vaenius.

A battle between Romans and the Germans at Trier: the Germans are returning on a bridge over the river Moselle after having attacked the camp of the Romans, when the Romans counterattack. Etching by A. Tempesta after O. van Veen, 1612.

Harpocrates, god of silence, holding a Roman standard and holding his finger to his lips; behind him the child Papirius receives a crowd at the steps of his house. Etching by S. Mulinari after O. Vaenius.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Etching by N. Martinez after O. Veen [O. Vaenius].

A furious cuckold rushes at his rival with a sword; representing vice as its own punishment. Engraving after O. van Veen (Vaenius), 1612.