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Time

Also known as: Time; primary name: Time; other name: Kronos; other name: Old Father Time; other name: Saturn; other name: Tempus
Details: individual; personification/emblem; Male
Biography: Personification of Time; sometimes identified as Kronos/Saturn (q.v.). Attributes a scythe and hourglass.

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Museum number: 1958,1006.2057 |
Production date: 1645-1655 |
Production place: Made in:England

banknote

Museum number: 2008,4157.27 |
Authority: BIOG117033 Issuer:Ville De Gand |
Production date: 1917 |
Production place: Issued in:Ghent

box; print

Museum number: 1890,1213.12 |
Producer name: BIOG75219 Made by:I M Morikofer

brooch

Museum number: 1978,1002.379 |
Production date: 1809 |
Production place: Made in:England

calendar watch; watch-case

Museum number: 1958,1201.845 |
Producer name: Made by:BestCase made by:Laura Aveline |
Production date: 1774 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)Case made in:London (England)

cameo

Museum number: 1887,0307,I.247 |
Producer name: BIOG81101 Factory of:Wedgwood |
Production place: Factory in:Etruria (England)

cameo

Museum number: 1887,0307,I.255 |
Producer name: BIOG81101 Factory of:Wedgwood |
Production place: Factory in:Etruria (England)

counter-box

Museum number: 1890,0716.4 |
Producer name: BIOG73455 Made by:David Le Marchand |
Production date: 1696 |
Production place: Made in:Edinburgh

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1884,0726.40.2 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1699-1716

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1884,0726.40.1 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1699

drawing; fan

Museum number: 1891,0713.59 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1689-1702

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1884,0726.40.114 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Sir James ThornhillAfter:Antonio Verrio |
Production date: 1699-1716

drawing; letter

Museum number: 2000,1125.2 |
Producer name: BIOG52485 Drawn by:Erich Kahn |
Production date: 1951

drawing; print study

Museum number: 2000,0722.13 |
Producer name: BIOG52535 Drawn by:Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl |
Production date: 1888

drawing

Museum number: 1853,0813.30 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousFormerly attributed to:Giovanni Francesco Romanelli |
Production date: 17thC

drawing

Museum number: 1949,0411.56 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1714-1718

drawing

Museum number: 1865,0610.1366 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1718

drawing

Museum number: SL,5214.244 |
Producer name: BIOG28467 Drawn by:Luigi Garzi |
Production date: 1653-1721

drawing

Museum number: 1957,0221.2 |
Producer name: BIOG21002 Drawn by:William Henry Brooke |
Production date: 1772-1860

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1884,0726.40.110 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1699-1716

figure

Museum number: 1936,0715.126.CR |
Producer name: BIOG68368 Factory of:Derby Porcelain Factory |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Factory in:Derby (Derbyshire)

figurine

Museum number: Am1989,12.81 |
Producer name: BIOG160855 Made by:Linares family |
Production date: 1980s |
Production place: Made in:Mexico

figurine

Museum number: Am1989,12.92 |
Producer name: BIOG160866 Made by:Saulo Moreno |
Production date: 1980s |
Production place: Made in:Tlalpujahua

intaglio

Museum number: 1900,0623.397 |
Producer name: Made by:James TassieMade by:William Tassie |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

medal

Museum number: 1958,1006.2976

medal; case

Museum number: 1990,1214.1 |
Producer name: Designed by:A AllarDie Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:A Allar |
Production date: 1889 |
Production place: Made in:Paris (France)

medal

Museum number: G3,FD.419 |
Producer name: BIOG106551 Designed by:D De Wys |
Production date: 1713 |
Production place: Made in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

medal

Museum number: M.5200 |
Producer name: Designed by:John Gregory HancockDesigned by:Samuel Kindon |
Production date: 1803 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: G3,EMDass.15 |
Producer name: BIOG106465 Designed by:Jean Dassier |
Production date: 1731 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: G3,EM.138 |
Producer name: BIOG104482 Designed by:George Bower |
Production date: 1689 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: BNK,EngM.215 |
Production date: 1768 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: G3,IP.635 |
Producer name: BIOG104401 Attributed to the Manner of:Pier Jacopo di Antonio Alari Bonacolsi |
Production date: 1504 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: SSB,245.178 |
Producer name: Designed by:Peter KempsonDesigned by:John Gregory Hancock |
Production date: 1801 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: G3,FD.386 |
Producer name: BIOG109320 Designed by:George Hautsch |
Production date: 1692 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: 1914,0313.3 |
Producer name: BIOG103035 Designed by:Robert Arondeaux |
Production date: 1700 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: M.4747 |
Production date: 1768 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: M.7998 |
Production date: 1702 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal; electrotype

Museum number: M.9530 |
Producer name: BIOG103035 Designed by:Robert Arondeaux |
Production date: 1700

medal

Museum number: M.5174 |
Producer name: Designed by:Peter KempsonDesigned by:John Gregory Hancock |
Production date: 1801 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medallion

Museum number: OA.1367

papercut

Museum number: 1878,0914.127 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 18thC

papercut

Museum number: 1878,0914.126 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 18thC

plaquette

Museum number: SLSeals.208 |
Producer name: BIOG70099 Made by:Hans Gar |
Production date: 1570 |
Production place: Made in:Germany

plaquette

Museum number: OA.4361 |
Producer name: BIOG77142 Made by:I P Ramline

plaquette

Museum number: 1923,0717.2 |
Producer name: BIOG70099 Made by:Hans Gar |
Production date: 1570 |
Production place: Made in:Germany

plaquette

Museum number: 1915,1216.271 |
Production date: 16thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:Germany

print

Title: Segmenta nobilium signorum et statuarum |
Museum number: 1895,1031.27 |
Producer name: BIOG41656 Print made by:François Perrier |
Production date: 1638

print

Museum number: 1928,0313.148 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIAfter:Bartholomeus Spranger |
Production date: 1600

print

Museum number: 1897,1231.505 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
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Title: Ad Frugem vocat angelus, avocat diabolus Allegories on Time and Opportunity for Youth |
Museum number: 1877,0210.86 |
Producer name: BIOG28280 Print made by:Theodoor Galle |
Production date: 1612-1633

print

Title: Friderich Ernst / Hartmann Vesper Pre- / diger Consistorialis ... |
Museum number: Bb,7.134 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andreas NunzerIntermediary draughtsman:Engelhardt Nunzer |
Production date: 1700-1740

print

Museum number: 1989,1209.21.87 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Carlo Maratti |
Production date: 1764

print

Title: d' Tyt "Toneel van Sinnebeelden...." |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.5042 |
Producer name: BIOG32118 Print made by:Arnold Houbraken |
Production date: 1675-1719

print; title-page

Museum number: 1858,0417.1483 |
Producer name: BIOG32430 Print made by:Grégoire Huret |
Production date: 1642-1644

print

Museum number: H,5.177 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giulio BonasoneAfter:Giulio Romano |
Production date: 1531-1576

print

Title: Vivitur Ingenio |
Museum number: 1850,0223.713 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1727

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1871,0812.3652 |
Producer name: BIOG23126 Print made by:Charles Nicolas Cochin fils |
Production date: 1744

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1850,0223.726 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1727

print

Title: Tempus et Occasione prudentes studiose observat Allegories on Time and Opportunity for Youth |
Museum number: 1877,0210.89 |
Producer name: BIOG28280 Print made by:Theodoor Galle |
Production date: 1612-1633

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1882,0311.5519 |
Producer name: BIOG19529 Print made by:John Bewick |
Production date: 1793

print

Title: Dies Day and Night |
Museum number: 1937,0915.247 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hieronymus WierixAfter:Marten van Cleve I |
Production date: 1580

print

Title: La Félicité de la Régence Marie de' Medici Cycle |
Museum number: 1892,0714.690 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:J Duthé |
Production date: 1820

print; book-illustration

Title: Time presenting to Europe the lost Decades of Livy |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5496 |
Producer name: BIOG63864 Print made by:Isaac Taylor (I) |
Production date: 1745-1807

print

Title: Sic Omnia Ruunt Historical and Mythological Subjects |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.4159 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan GlauberAfter:Gérard de Lairesse |
Production date: 1661-1726

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.18 |
Producer name: Formerly attributed to:Jost AmmanAttributed to:Hans Asper |
Production date: 1562

print

Title: Die Zeit |
Museum number: 1898,0725.8.2059 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1700-1800

print

Museum number: 1897,1231.384 |
Producer name: After:Willem Jacob HerreynsPrint made by:Antoine Alexandre Joseph Cardon |
Production date: 1771-1815

print; invitation

Museum number: 1897,1231.482 |
Producer name: BIOG23901 After:Noël Nicolas Coypel |
Production date: 1750-1800

print

Museum number: 1844,0511.12 |
Producer name: After:Frans van Mieris IIPrint made by:Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione |
Production date: 1624-1664

print; title-page

Museum number: 1858,0417.1355 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis Galle the YoungerAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1643 1645 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print; title-page

Museum number: Q,6.29 |
Producer name: BIOG31869 Print made by:Wenceslaus Hollar |
Production date: 1639

print; title-page

Museum number: 1872,0511.997 |
Producer name: BIOG32430 Print made by:Grégoire Huret |
Production date: 1642-1644

print

Museum number: 1872,1012.581 |
Producer name: After:Nicolas PoussinPrint made by:Giovanni Folo |
Production date: 1779-1836

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0710.5081 |
Producer name: BIOG29656 After:Gravelot |
Production date: 1720-1780

print

Title: Fatui instinctu Satanæ turpiter Tempus terunt Allegories on Time and Opportunity for Youth |
Museum number: 1877,0210.87 |
Producer name: BIOG28280 Print made by:Theodoor Galle |
Production date: 1612-1633

print

Museum number: 1866,0714.4 |
Producer name: BIOG22979 Print made by:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1662

print

Title: Four allegories of Time |
Museum number: 1948,0410.4.173 |
Producer name: BIOG33054 Published by:Gerard de Jode |
Production date: 1530-1591

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.120 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gérard Jean Baptiste Scotin IIAfter:Gravelot |
Production date: 1738

print

Museum number: 1855,0310.152 |
Producer name: BIOG22279 Print made by:Giovanni Battista de' Cavalieri |
Production date: 1530-1600

print; title-page; album

Museum number: 1952,0117.14.1 |
Producer name: After:Adriaen van de VennePrint made by:Daniel van den Bremden |
Production date: 1630

print

Museum number: F,1.217 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan Collaert IAfter:Pieter de Vos |
Production date: 1560-1580

print

Museum number: 1877,0811.1291 |
Producer name: BIOG44374 Print made by:Gilles Rousselet |
Production date: 1666

print

Title: Stimulante Dæmone, Misere eluditur Occasio Allegories on Time and Opportunity for Youth |
Museum number: 1877,0210.88 |
Producer name: BIOG28280 Print made by:Theodoor Galle |
Production date: 1612-1633

print; title-page

Museum number: 1895,1031.768 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1711 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Museum number: 1989,1209.21.86 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Carlo Maratti |
Production date: 1764

print; invitation

Museum number: 1897,1231.479 |
Producer name: BIOG23901 After:Noël Nicolas Coypel |
Production date: 1704

print

Title: Les glorieuses conquêtes de Louis le Grand Grand Beaulieu |
Museum number: 1872,1012.5437 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gérard EdelinckPrint made by:L Loisel |
Production date: 1694

print

Title: Pax salus est Europæ |
Museum number: 1871,1209.4911 |
Producer name: BIOG27452 Print made by:Simon Fokke |
Production date: 1749

print; title-page

Museum number: 1858,0417.1244 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Cornelis Galle I |
Production date: 1645 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Title: Dum Tempus labitur, Occasione fronte capillata rem Allegories on Time and Opportunity for Youth |
Museum number: 1877,0210.91 |
Producer name: BIOG28280 Print made by:Theodoor Galle |
Production date: 1612-1633

print

Museum number: 1871,0812.2024 |
Producer name: Print made by:Baron Dominique Vivant DenonAfter:Nicolas Poussin |
Production date: 1780-1825

print

Title: Elapsum Tempus et Occasionem insequutur, non asseq Allegories on Time and Opportunity for Youth |
Museum number: 1877,0210.93 |
Producer name: BIOG28280 Print made by:Theodoor Galle |
Production date: 1612-1633

print

Title: Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae |
Museum number: 1947,0319.26.177 |
Producer name: BIOG22279 Print made by:Giovanni Battista de' Cavalieri |
Production date: 1538-1600

print; frontispiece

Museum number: S,8.50 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Cipriani |
Production date: 1780

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1868,0822.6538 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Cipriani |
Production date: 1780

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1897,1231.164 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob HoubrakenAfter:Nicolaas Verkolje |
Production date: 1713-1780

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1868,0822.7884 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Cipriani |
Production date: 1780

print

Title: The triumph of time The triumphs of Petrarch |
Museum number: 1948,0410.4.179 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philips GalleAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1565

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1882,0311.4242 |
Producer name: BIOG19532 Print made by:Thomas Bewick |
Production date: 1780-1781

print

Title: Segmenta nobilium signorum et statuarum |
Museum number: 1972,U.923.1 |
Producer name: BIOG41656 Print made by:François Perrier |
Production date: 1638