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Golden Age
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Golden Age

Adriaen Matham · 1620 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Allegorical representation with the depiction of one of the ages of the world according to Ovid: the Golden Age, the first age of the earthly paradise in which man lives in harmony with his fellow man and the animals and nature provides for his needs. In the middle a gigantic orb, with a cornucopia. In the sky Saturn, the Roman god of agriculture.

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Credit lineGouden Eeuw. 1620. Adriaen Matham. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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