In a circular frame the Bronze Age of Minerva. In the foreground the earth is being worked and cultivated. Grain is being mowed and ore mined. In the background, surveying is being done. The print refers to the mythologically inspired idea that during the Bronze Age man had to work more and more to keep himself alive. Moreover, property was central to life. The print is part of a series on the four eras and has a Latin, French and Dutch caption., Bronze Age Aneum saeculum The four eras (series title), print maker: Philips Galle, (mentioned on object), Gillis Coignet (I), (mentioned on object

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