Five Panels: Allegory of Man and Occupations of the Months
Comparing the cycles of life-the life of an individual man and the cycle of the year for society- was a popular subject for art meant to decorate domestic spaces. Here, in the central roundel the lust of youth is contrasted with the decrepitude of old age.
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32282
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George Robinson Harding, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, October 14, 1905, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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1
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painted enamel on copper
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