Male life staircase, Nine male figures of ages I-LXXX on the life staircase are associated with certain vices, represented by nine animals. Below that an allegory of death with an angel and devil with a saved and damned soul. At top left Christ surrounded by angels, at right the devil surrounded by personifications of sins. print maker: Cristofano Bertelli, (mentioned on object), Italy, c. 1560, paper, engraving, height 393 mm x width 514 mm.