Allegory of Time and Old Age, plate 32 of "Iconographia Complectens In Se Passionen..."

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Print Maker
Melchior Küsel I, German, 1626 - 1683
After
Johann Wilhelm Baur, German, 1607 - 1642
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
An old man is in middle foreground sitting under a tree. In his left hand an hour-glass; his right hand rests on a cane. Under his left foot a skull. In background, houses and figures at right.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler
1670
Accession Number
1949-152-39
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
Medium
Etching on paper
Dimensions
Plate: 23.4 × 22.6 cm (9 3/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Paper: 29.4 × 25.5 cm (11 9/16 × 10 1/16 in.)
made in
Augsburg, Germany
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Record ID
chndm_1949-152-39
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4163b8023-93af-4d9b-a9cf-2cc6b554e129
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