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The Golden Age

Engraving
1608 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Abraham Bloemaert (Designer)
Nicolaes De Bruyn (Printmaker)
Johann Theodor De Bry (Printmaker)
Place of origin
Germany (Published)

Engraving


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Engraving
TitleThe Golden Age (series title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Theodor de Bry after Abraham Bloemaert. 'The Golden Age'. Germany, 1608.
Physical description
Engraving
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 16.1cm
  • Cut to width: 16.0cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lettered in the upper centre of the plate on a scroll: 'L'age premier d'vne innocence saincte / ..... / Dont à bon droit l’age d’Or fut nommé’
  • Lettered on a cartouche held by putti in the lower half of the plate: 'Aurea Saturno .... / .... sponte ferebat opes.'
  • Signed in the lower half of the plate on a scroll: 'Abram Bloomaert Inuentor. / Johann Theodor de Bry excudebat.'
Bibliographic reference
Hollstein, F. W. H., et al. The New Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1951): vol. 4, nos.14.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
29849A

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O949605/the-golden-age-engraving-abraham-bloemaert/
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