Peasants doing farmwork, thatching their huts and preparing food; representing the Silver Age. Etching by A. Tempesta.

  • Tempesta, Antonio, 1555-1630.
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39008i
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Augusta Vindelicorum [Augsburg] : Johann Daniel Herz

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1 print : etching ; image 20.8 x 33.8 cm

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Ast ubi Saturnus tenebrosa in tartara missus tosus et invicto sub Iove mundus erat. Lubrica sum vicibus succedunt tempore certis et gemit attrito vomere durus ager. Condita mortales scrutantur viscera terrae rimantes varias caeca per antra domos. Aetas Argentea. Anto. Tempes. fecit. A.E.

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Wellcome Collection 39008i

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