Das gülden alter oder zeit · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Das gülden alter oder zeit
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; Ancient Rome
Description: This image illustrates the Golden Age of the world, where there was no coercion, dangers, fears or laws. This illustration depicts pure tranquility and peace among humans, animals, and nature. The people in the image are depicted being harmonious with each other, as well as with the nature that surrounds them, including the animals and the trees. There are fruit trees depicted in the image to illustrate that agriculture was not needed to be done by humans, as the Earth cultivated the food that was necessary for all beings.
Image Creator: Virgil Solis (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:20883
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_20883_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Nature; Peace; Tranquility; Humanking; Creation; Mythology; Golden Age