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Object Type
print
Museum number
U,8.19
Description
Truth triumphing over Envy and Anger with the help of Time, after Poussin: personifiation of Time carrying off Truth away from Envy and Anger, seated at the bottom of the composition; beside Truth, a winged putto holding the Ouroboros and a sickle; in four-lobed trompe-l'oeil border; with coat of arms in the lower part Etching and engraving
Producer name
After:
Nicolas Poussin
Print made by:
Girard Audran
School/style
French
Production date
1667-1680
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
555 millimetres
Width:
503 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
See U,8.20 for comment on the date.
Bibliographic references
Andresen 1863 / Nicolaus Poussin - Verzeichniss der nach seinen Gemälden Gefertigten...
(403.II)
Wildenstein 1955 / Les Graveurs de Poussin au XVIIe siècle
(162.II)
Robert-Dumesnil 1835-71 / Le Peintre-Graveur Français
(IX.274.46.II)
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(54)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
allegory/personification
virtues and vices
Associated names
Associated with:
Charles Perrault
Representation of:
Time
Representation of:
Veritas
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode
(with Philipe's oval blindstamp and initials CMC)
Acquisition date
1799
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
U,8.19