The Golden Age, 1605, Oil on copper, 8 7/8 x 12 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Joachim Wtewael (Netherlandish, Utrecht 1566

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The Golden Age, 1605, Oil on copper, 8 7/8 x 12 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Joachim Wtewael (Netherlandish, Utrecht 1566–1638 Utrecht), The Utrecht painter Joachim Wtewael was among the most sophisticated of Netherlandish Mannerists, as is evident from this exquisite cabinet picture on copper, dated 1605. The subject is taken from the opening pages of Ovid's Metamorphoses (I, 89 ff

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