Ruina, from The Life of Man (Theatrum Vitæ Humanæ)
Object type: Print ornament & architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: The Life of Man (Theatrum Vitæ Humanæ)
Artist: Hans Vredeman de Vries|Hieronymus (Jerome) Wierix|Pieter Balten
Artist bio: Netherlandish, Leeuwarden 1527–1606 (?)  Antwerp (?)|Netherlandish, ca. 1553–1619 Antwerp|Netherlandish, Antwerp 1526/27–1584 Antwerp
Artist role: Artist|Artist|Publisher
Artist nationality: Netherlandish|Netherlandish|Netherlandish
Date: 1577
Medium: Engraving; first state of two (Hollstein)
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 1/16 × 10 1/2 in. (20.4 × 26.7 cm)
Classification: Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Geography:  Antwerp     
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession year: 1949