M25932: The Age of Bronze

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M25932

People

Hans Collaert the Younger, Netherlandish (1566-1628)
After Tobias Verhaecht, Flemish (Antwerp, Belgium 1561 - 1631 Antwerp, Belgium)
Published by Philips Galle, Netherlandish (Haarlem 1537 - 1612 Antwerp)

Title

The Age of Bronze

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Aetas Aenea
Series/Book Title: The Ages of the World

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1590

Culture

Flemish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/70323

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 19.8 x 25.6 cm (7 13/16 x 10 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: Ioan. Collaert sculp.
• watermark: gothic P
• inscription: lower edge of design, printer's ink, engraving: attribution of design, signature, publisher's excudit: Tobias Verhaecht inuent. Ioan Collaert sculp. Phl's Galle excud.
• collector's mark: verso, blue ink, stamped: collector's mark, not in Lugt: ABV [as the pendant of a vertical staff with three gradated crossbars]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

ii/iv

Standard Reference Number

Hollstein 123; New Hollstein 1320

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Robert Bradford Wheaton and Barbara Ketcham Wheaton in honor of Mrs. Arthur K. Solomon

Accession Year

2004

Object Number

M25932

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2300 Dutch & Flemish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/2021 - 03/14/2022

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