# The Golden Age [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CRANACH, Lucas the Elder]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil and tempera on wood, transferred to new panel, 74 x 106 cm ## Commentary The Golden Age c. 1530 Oil and tempera on wood, transferred to new panel, 74 x 106 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich This painting can be considered as an illustration to the Greek poet Hesiod's poem "Works and Days", commonly known as The Golden Age. In the time of the Golden Age people lived in eternal peace, having no troubles or cares and did not even need to cultivate the earth since Nature itself provided all the food they could want. The figures in the painting correspond to Cranach's ideal nude figures, they are arranged across the panel in various animated and gesturing poses so that almost every bodily aspect is represented without any repetitions. Men and women are clearly differentiated by their flesh tones, the latter respectably pale as convention required. ## Related artworks - [A Faun and his Family with a Slain Lion \(detail\)]() - [A Faun and his Family with a Slain Lion]() - [A Prince of Saxony]() - [A Princess of Saxony]() - [Adam and Eve \(detail\)]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()