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Father Time (Symbolic character)

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  • Women personifying the continents of Europe, Africa and Asia, are protected by Father Time, while a woman personifying antiquity points to the value of ancient coins. Engraving by M. van der Gucht after P. Berchet.
  • An allegory celebrating Dutch painters. Engraving by J.A. Pierron after P. Peyron.
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Catalogue

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    Father Time holding a scythe: four studies. Etching by R. Earlom, 1787, after G.B. Cipriani.

    Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727-1785. | Date: Feb.ry 1st 1787 | Reference: 2952442i
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    An allegory celebrating Dutch painters. Engraving by J.A. Pierron after P. Peyron.

    Peyron, Pierre, 1744-1814. | Date: [1796] | Reference: 33087i
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    Bombario as Aesop mocks monkeys eating cabbage, who represent investors in the Dutch share boom of 1720. Etching, 1720.

    | Date: [1720?] | Reference: 814377i
    Part of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.
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    Women personifying the continents of Europe, Africa and Asia, are protected by Father Time, while a woman personifying antiquity points to the value of ancient coins. Engraving by M. van der Gucht after P. Berchet.

    Berchet, Pierre, 1659-1720. | Date: [1717] | Reference: 35741i
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    Prudence and Time. Engraving by G. Audran, 1675, after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.

    Domenichino, 1581-1641. | Date: 1675 | Reference: 2897457i
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