An old man sits by a shabby cottage, a broken jug on a string around his neck, a walking stick in hand, his arm resting on a basket, a simple meal on the floor by his feet. Below the scene four lines of Dutch text, warning of the consequences of 'gulsicheyt and abundance of drink', including 'druypende ooghen, quade maech, onghesonde leden'. Pendant of a print of a young drinker, The Consequences of Alcoholism, Hendrick Goltzius, print maker: anonymous, Netherlands, (possibly), 1590 - 1610, paper, engraving, h 190 mm × w 125 mm