The workings and signing of a marriage contract.

Lettering: This print is one in a series showing the ages of man, starting with childhood and ending with illness then death, when set amongst the comfortable, elegant middle class. The couple's marriage was due to pregnancy. Nicole Villa, Le XVIIe. siecle vu per Abraham Bosse. Graveur du Roy, Paris 1967, page 22. C'est une maxime ou se fonde ...