2012.213.2: The Age of Twenty

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2012.213.2

People

Gerard van Groeningen, Flemish (active late 16th century)
Published by Philips Galle, Netherlandish (Haarlem 1537 - 1612 Antwerp)

Title

The Age of Twenty

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: The Ages of Man

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1572

Culture

Netherlandish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/342297

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching and engraving on cream antique laid paper, inlaid in a paper mat

Technique

Etching and engraving

Dimensions

mat: 26 x 37.5 cm (10 1/4 x 14 3/4 in.)
sheet: 24 x 30 cm (9 7/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
plate: 20.3 x 24.7 cm (8 x 9 3/4 in.)
image: 19.4 x 24.3 cm (7 5/8 x 9 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• (not assigned): on plate, in rim of oval at top: 2, XX
• (not assigned): in cartouche at lower left: MVSICA BACCHVS AMOR GAVDENT IVVENILIBVS ANNIS / MOBILIS HÆC ÆTAS GRAMINE GAVDET AGRI
• inscription: in cartouche lower right: A uingt ans floriffone en uerdure: / Comme arbres, fleurs et agricultura

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Hill-Stone, Inc., New York, 1999], from whom acquired by; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wheaton, August 1999, gift; of Barbara Ketcham Wheaton to Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

i/iii

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 4, no. 15

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Barbara Ketcham Wheaton

Accession Year

2012

Object Number

2012.213.2

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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