The Three Ages of Man, 1892

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series Title

Old Italian Master

Medium

wood engraving in black on wove paper

Dimensions

image: 14.13 × 17.46 cm (5 9/16 × 6 7/8 in.)

sheet: 34.29 × 43.18 cm (13 1/2 × 17 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

Catalogue Raisonné

Smith 1925, no. 254

Accession Number

2015.19.1283

Artists / Makers

Timothy Cole (artist) American, 1852 - 1931

Lorenzo Lotto (artist after) Venetian, c. 1480 - 1556/1557

J. C. Bauer (printer) American, 19th century

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in graphite: Timothy Cole; lower center printed in black ink: This impression, taken by hand on Japan paper, is one of one / hundred and twenty-five copies printed by me from the original / blocks and plates in the year 1891. / Professional Proof-printed / for Wood-engravers.; lower center in graphite by the printer: J. C. Bauer

Marks and Labels

stamped lower center in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bristow, Frank B.
Corcoran Gallery of Art

Bibliography

1925: Smith, Ralph Clifton. The Wood Engraved Work of Timothy Cole. Washington, DC: Press of Gibson Brothers, Inc., 1925, p. 51, no. 254.