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The Golden Age
Adriaen van de Velde, 1664
This drawing illustrates a passage from the Metamorphoses by the Latin author Ovid, a hefty poem describing the creation of the world and the history of man. During the Golden Age man lived in a paradisiacal world eating fruits from trees and bushes. Neither discord and anger, nor crime and punishment existed there.
- Artwork typedrawing
- Object numberRP-T-1905-100
- Dimensionsheight 164 mm x width 252 mm
- Physical characteristicspen en penseel in bruin