Les quatre âges du monde, Sébastien Leclerc, 1676

The four ages of the world are represented here personified. Starting from the foreground and moving away; the golden age is represented by a couple in the heart of lush nature, the silver age is represented by a group of characters working the land and building a home, the bronze age is represented by a group of men fighting with swords and finally the iron age is represented by an organized war in which we see characters fighting in the middle of clouds of powder smoke. Date: 1676. Medium: etching, intaglio. Collection: Lyon, Bibliothèque du Palais des Arts. Les quatre âges du monde