Title

Die Silberin zeit

Period

1550-1600;

Geographic

Ancient Greece

Ancient Rome

Description

This image depicts the Silver Age, which Ovid describes to be inferior to the Golden Age, yet superior to the Bronze Age. The Silver Age consists of humans beginning to create houses for shelter rather than living in caves. This is illustrated on the right side of the image, as well as in the background where small houses are depicted with roofs made of straw and wood. The Silver Age also consists of the cultivation of corn. This is shown in the image by a man standing in the crop field sprinkling seeds into the ground. Cattle and animals are also being used in the Silver Age for labor, as depicted in the image.

Image Creator

Virgil Solis (Engraver)

Type

Text

Woodcut Engraving

Identifier

mta:20884

Language

ger

Source Name

P. Ouidij Nasonis, deß Sinnreichen und hochverstendigen Poeten, Metamorphoses oder Verwandlung, mit schönen figuren gezieret, auch kurzen Argumenten und außlegungen erkläret, und in Teutsche Reymen gebracht, durch Johann Spreng von Augspurg [Publius Ovidius Naso, the Ingenious and Highly Understandable Poet, Metamorphoses or Transformations, Adorned with Beautiful Images, and also descriptions of Short Arguments and Explanations, Brought into German Rhymes by Johann Spreng of Augsburg]

Parent Collection

1564 Frankfurt Spreng

Image

mta_20884_OBJ.jpg

Collection

Ovid's Metamorphoses

Subject

Bronze Age

Golden Age

Agriculture

Cattle

Shelter

Mythology

Silver Age