PrintsNetherlandish16th century

The Age of Forty

c. 1572

Artists

Gerard van GroeningenArtist

Philips GallePublisher

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching and engraving

Medium

Etching and engraving on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Netherlandish

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

sheet: 26 x 37.5 cm (10 1/4 x 14 3/4 in.) plate: 20.4 x 24.5 cm (8 1/16 x 9 5/8 in.) image: 19.5 x 24.1 cm (7 11/16 x 9 1/2 in.)

Provenance

[Hill-Stone, Inc., New York, 1999], from whom acquired by; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wheaton, August 1999, gift; of Barbara Ketcham Wheaton to Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

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