11R · the life of man
31A25111 · arms raised, with fingers closed
31A2512 · arm stretched forward
31B6214 · weeping
31B62321 · laughing
31D14 · adult man
31D5 · young versus old age; young and old
33 · relations between individual persons
33A59 · bad companions
41A22 · communal rooms
41A44 · (decorated) ceiling
41A711 · table
41A712 · shelves, rack, sideboard
41A723 · bench
42D31 · unequal couple, ill-matched couple
47D8(SCISSORS) · tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: scissors
49L511 · quill
49L62 · ink-well
49L66 · writing-table, writing-desk
49M32 · book
56B11(+4) · Mirth, Hilarity (+ emblematical representation of concept)
56BB1(+4) · Pain, Sorrow, Sadness; 'Dolore', 'Dolore di Zeusi' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
98B(DEMOCRITUS)51 · Democritus, while meditating amidst books and bones, receives his friend Hippocrates, sent by the inhabitants of Abdera, who were anxious about their philosopher's health
98B(HERACLITUS)51 · Heraclitus, the weeping philosopher, and Democritus, the laughing philosopher
11R3 · the course of life symbolized
53A11 · Choice; 'Elettione' (Ripa)
54F122 · Vicissitudes of Life
56B131 · Joke; 'Giuoco (dall'antico)' (Ripa)
58B21(+4) · Human Life; 'Vita humana', 'Vita inquieta', 'Vita e l'animo' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)