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1949

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Print, Allegory of Time and Old Age, plate 32 of "Iconographia Complectens In Se Passionen..."

This is a Print. It was print maker: Melchior Küsel I and after Johann Wilhelm Baur. It is dated 1670 and we acquired it in 1949. Its medium is etching on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. George A. Kubler. It is credited Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler.

Its dimensions are

Plate: 23.4 × 22.6 cm (9 3/16 × 8 7/8 in.) Paper: 29.4 × 25.5 cm (11 9/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Below, a poem of two verses (4 stanzas each): "Du guter alter mann...gemähle"; inscribed, lower left: "J.W. Baur inv."; lower right "Melchior Küsell fecit 32"; in middle: "Cum Privilegio Sac. Ces. Martis."

Cite this object as

Print, Allegory of Time and Old Age, plate 32 of "Iconographia Complectens In Se Passionen..."; Print Maker: Melchior Küsel I (German, 1626 - 1683); After Johann Wilhelm Baur (German, 1607 - 1642); Germany; etching on paper; Plate: 23.4 × 22.6 cm (9 3/16 × 8 7/8 in.) Paper: 29.4 × 25.5 cm (11 9/16 × 10 1/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler; 1949-152-39

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