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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.213.10
People
Gerard van Groeningen, Flemish (active late 16th century)
Published by Philips Galle, Netherlandish (Haarlem 1537 - 1612 Antwerp)
Title
The Age of One Hundred
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Ages of Man
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1572
Culture
Flemish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342305

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: 20.3 x 24.5 cm (8 x 9 5/8 in.)
image: 19.5 x 24 cm (7 11/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in cartouche, top center: X, C
  • (not assigned): signed on plate within pictorial oval, on a floor tile, lower left: Ger Gro / Inuen & faciebat / PGalle [PG intertwined] / excude
  • inscription: in cartouche, lower left: ET TANDEM FINES VITÆ MORTALIBVS ADSTAT, / SCANDENDA EST TORVI LVBRICA CYMBA SENES. [Latin inscription is signed on the plate underneath the inscription, H fauolius Iudebat.]
  • inscription: in cartouche, lower right: L'an centiefme, mort nous faict la guerre, / Les biens aux boirs, et le corps en terre.
  • 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. 23

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Barbara Ketcham Wheaton
Accession Year
2012
Object Number
2012.213.10
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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