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Object Type
Museum number: 1948,0410.4.184
Title: Series: The ages of man
Description: The age of forty (4; XL). A man in a study, seated at a desk, holding up an astrolabe and a compass on his other hand; an open book and other tools seen on his desk; a dog nearby and, through an open door an obelisk and a man seen from behind; oval in an ornamental border decorated with astrolabes, a globe, and objects related to measuring. Etching and engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Gerard Groenning; Published by: Carel Collaert
School/style
Production date: 1572 (circa)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 203 millimetres; Width: 238 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: From a series of ten plates (New Hollstein 14-23) on the Ages of Man. The verses in Latin by Hugo Favolius.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: allegory/personification; astronomy; science/technology
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1753
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1948,0410.4.184

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