2012.213.5: The Age of Fifty

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2012.213.5

People

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

Title

The Age of Fifty

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/342300

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching and engraving on cream antique laid paper

Technique

Etching and engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 26 x 37.5 cm (10 1/4 x 14 3/4 in.)
plate: 20.6 x 24.5 cm (8 1/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
image: 19.6 x 24.3 cm (7 11/16 x 9 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in cartouche at top center: V, L
• inscription: in cartouche lower left: CONVERSIS STVDIIS, ÆTAS ANIMVSQVE VIRILIS / QVERIT OPES • AVRVM PLVS PIETATE COLIT •
• inscription: In cartouche, lower right: La chichete nous mecte en fa prifon, / L'an cincquantiefme, grifantfementon.
• inscription: verso in graphite, lower right corner: initials [indecipherable]

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. 18

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

2012

Object Number

2012.213.5

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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