Golden Age, Nicolaes de Bruyn, After Abraham Bloemaert, 1604 print In a paradise landscape, naked people enjoy the fruit that the generous nature gives them. They dance and sit too lover. A boy in the foreground blows soap bubbles from a pipe. Two putti hold a cartouche with a Latin text on the left. In the sky, the god Saturn watches over this Golden Age. The print refers to the mythologically inspired idea that people initially lived in an era of continuous spring. War or injustice were absent. During the Golden Age, everyone lived in bliss, in a world where people could enjoy fertile nature
Golden Age, Nicolaes de Bruyn, After Abraham Bloemaert, 1604 print In a paradise landscape, naked people enjoy the fruit that the generous nature gives them. They dance and sit too lover. A boy in the foreground blows soap bubbles from a pipe. Two putti hold a cartouche with a Latin text on the left. In the sky, the god Saturn watches over this Golden Age. The print refers to the mythologically inspired idea that people initially lived in an era of continuous spring. War or injustice were absent. During the Golden Age, everyone lived in bliss, in a world where people could enjoy fertile nature without working. Antwerp paper engraving the golden age, 'Aetas aurea'; men live happily, gathering fruits under the reign of Saturn
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