L: Fifty Years
c. 1599
Artist, Dutch, c. 1565 - 1637
Publisher, Dutch, c. 1565 - 1637
Crispijn van de Passe I
Attributed to

Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.) (circular, trimmed within platemark)
mount: 18 cm (7 1/16 in.)(octagonal) -
Accession Number
2022.181.86
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Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein, no. 482, State Only
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Series Title
The Ages of Man
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Robert H. and Clarice R. Smith, Arlington, VA; bequest to NGA, 2022.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1949
Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. 72 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Herzberger., 1964: XV, no. 482.
Inscriptions
around image, in plate: L. pono metum, valeo, corpusque quod ante laborum haud Impatiens nobis... Laudat, quaesitis iam fruiturque bonis.