Truth triumphing over Envy and Anger with the help of Time
Maker
After
1594-1665
(engraver)
1640-1703
1594-1665
(engraver)
1640-1703
Title
Truth triumphing over Envy and Anger with the help of Time
Date of Production
1667 - 1677
Dimensions
Height: 57.5 cm
Width: 51 cm
Width: 51 cm
Accession Number
G.1939.AB.77
Mode of Acquisition
Warburg Institute, London, transfer, 1939
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Provenance
Léon Coutil, Les Andelys (1856-1943); acquired by Anthony Blunt for the Warburg Institute, 1938; transferred to The Courtauld Institute, 1939.
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower left: “Dedié à Monsieur Perrault Con.er du Roy Controlleur General des Bastimens et Jardins de sa Majesté Arts et Manufactures de France.”; lower right: “Parson tres-humble serviteur Audran.”; lower left: “En vain la Colere et L’Enuie/ S’arment contra la Verité,//”; lower right: “Le Temps l’arrache aléur furie,/ Et la rend a l’Eternité.//”; lower left: “…Audran, et Se Vendent chez le d’. Audran aux deux Piliers dOr rue S. Iacques avec pr. Du R.”; lower right, handwritten on mount: “717/63(27) A.403”.
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