The Golden Age

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The Golden Age is a mythological painting by Dutch Mannerist artist Joachim Wtewael that depicts an idyllic, harmonious vision of humanity’s earliest era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mythological painting
painting
artHistoricalPeriod early 17th century
late 16th century
artisticStyle Mannerism
basedOn Hesiod’s Ages of Man
classical mythology
colorPalette vivid colors
countryOfOrigin Dutch Republic
creator Joachim Wtewael
culturalContext Dutch Golden Age art
depictionType allegory of a lost paradise
depicts Golden Age in classical mythology
linked to: Golden Age

harmonious humanity
idyllic landscape
nude figures
pastoral scene
genre allegorical painting
mythological scene
hasPart animals in landscape
groups of reclining figures
lush vegetation
iconography peaceful coexistence of humans and animals
influencedBy Italian Mannerism
linked to: Mannerism

classical antiquity
languageOfTitle English
medium oil paint
movement Dutch Mannerism
narrativeSource Greco-Roman mythology
notableFor complex figure poses
crowded composition
eroticized mythological figures
highly finished detail
originalTitleLanguage Dutch
subjectMatter utopian early age of mankind
support panel
theme Arcadian ideal
abundance
harmony with nature
idealized early humanity
innocence

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Joachim Wtewael notableWork The Golden Age