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The Golden Age

Adriaen van de Velde1664

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands

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.

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  • Title: The Golden Age
  • Creator: Velde, Adriaen van de
  • Date Created: 1664
  • Physical Dimensions: papier
  • Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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