# The Golden Age, in 19th-century Britain

Sir John Edward Poynter painted this in 1875, aged 39. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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## The work

- Date: 1875
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 137.2 × 53.4 cm (54 × 21 in.); Framed: 162.2 × 78.7 cm (63 7/8 × 31 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2002.379
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Sir John Edward Poynter](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/sir-john-edward-poynter), English, 1836–1919

Poynter studied in Rome and in Paris under Charles Gleyre, and made his name with large classical and biblical scenes such as Israel in Egypt.

3 works in the collection.

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