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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1876,0708.2454
Title: Object: La Vieillesse (Old age); Series: Four Ages of Man
Description: The courtyard of a house, with three old people sitting on the left; one of the woman is spinning wool while the other is sleeping, and the man is stroking a dog; to left, an old man is courting a young woman. c.1735 Mezzotint
Producer name: Print made by: Georg Christoph Kilian; After: Nicolas Lancret; Published by: Georg Christoph Kilian
School/style: German
Production date: 1730-1735
Production place: Published in: Augsburg
Materials: paper
Technique: mezzotint
Dimensions: Height: 336 millimetres; Width: 440 millimetres
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Curator's comments: Two version sof this subject by Larmessin are also in the BM.
Bibliographic references: Bocher 1877 / Nicolas Lancret, catalogue raisonné (86 (c))
Location: Not on display
Subjects: allegory/personification
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Edward Daniell
Acquisition date: 1876
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1876,0708.2454

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