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Aetas Aurea: 32.I.10-193

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Aetas Aurea
The Golden Age

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blooteling, Abraham
Painter: Lairesse, Gerard de (After)

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

School or Style

Dutch

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: G. D. Lairesse Pinxit
  • Location: Plate lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Name
  • Text: Ex Formis Nicolai Visscher cum Privil: Ordin: Gen: Belgii Foederati. nunc apud Ger: Valk
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: A. Blooteling fecit
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Name

Identification numbers

Accession number: 32.I.10-193
Primary reference Number: 208661
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 84

Audit data

Created: Friday 29 April 2016 Updated: Friday 29 April 2016

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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