Abraham BLOEMAERT (1564-1651), Golden Age-in Paradise, 1644

copperplate, paper, 44 x 68.5 cm; signed and dated on the plate: "Blomart invenit" and "le Blond exc" and "1644".

Graphic duplicated in the 18th century-two ink stamps of the collector, painter and printmaker, professor of the Zurich Academy, Johann Balthasar Bullinger (1713-1793). Better condition than most other pieces in the world's museums.

The large-format work shows Paradise, that is, a time when people lived without cities, in nature - without norms, orders and regulations. The work was executed by printmaker Nicolas de Bruyn (1571-1656) and published by Jean le Blond (1590-1666) in 1644. - that year the Sigismund's Column was erected in Warsaw. There are five versions of this print. The first is a mirror image-it's held by the British Museum-with no margins and a ragged edge, the second has a cartouche with a different inscription, the third (now offered) with a cartouche with the date 1644, it's held by the National Gallery of Art in Washington (also without margins), the fourth the same version as the third but the plate trimmed on the right and left sides by 9 cm each, and the fifth version has an added lower margin with text.