Thomas Cole1842

The Voyage of Life — Old Age

An allegory of the last stage of life, where the traveler nears the still waters of eternity — a time to be born and a time to die (Ecclesiastes 3). An oil on canvas from Thomas Cole's Voyage of Life series (1842).

The Voyage of Life — Old Age by Thomas Cole depicting Ecclesiastes 3:1
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Depicted passages

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8Primary

About Thomas Cole

1801-1848 · American (English-born)

American Romantic landscape painter, founder of the Hudson River School. His allegorical cycles The Voyage of Life (1842) and The Course of Empire (1836) are visual sermons.

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