Allegory of Time Saving Truth from Envy and Discord
Maker
After
(artist)
1594-1665
(printmaker)
1614-1676
(artist)
1594-1665
(printmaker)
1614-1676
Title
Allegory of Time Saving Truth from Envy and Discord
Date of Production
17th century
Medium
etching and engraving
printed in black
printed in black
Dimensions
Height: 43 cm
Width: 50 cm
Width: 50 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.7186
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Literature
Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
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Nicolaus Poussin - Verzeichniss der nach seinen Gemälden Gefertigten... [usually refers to Courtauld Book Library copy with Anthony Blunt's annotations when there is a letter after the number]
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Nicolaus Poussin - Verzeichniss der nach seinen Gemälden Gefertigten... [usually refers to Courtauld Book Library copy with Anthony Blunt's annotations when there is a letter after the number]
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Inscriptions
Inscription: 970/5a(39-40) / A404a //
Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: N. POUSSIN / Allegory of Time rescuing Truth from Envy and Slander //
Inscription: Nic. Poussin In. //
Inscription: S S.MO D.NO NRO. CLEMENTI IX PONT. MAX. / Johannes Dughet felicitatem. / Ad Te redit quod Tuum est, Beatiss:me Pater, Veritas vere Tua, qualem Tu olim pingi uissisti, qualem moribus exhibes, nuda, sine tegumentis, Inuidia et Maledicentia adstanibus, a quarum oppres- / sione Temporis fulcimento tandem emergit. Excipe, qua soles humanitate, exiguum hoc munusculum; nam Tibi displicere non potcrit, si dum oculos in hunc typum conijcis, ad prototypum respexeris. //
Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: N. POUSSIN / Allegory of Time rescuing Truth from Envy and Slander //
Inscription: Nic. Poussin In. //
Inscription: S S.MO D.NO NRO. CLEMENTI IX PONT. MAX. / Johannes Dughet felicitatem. / Ad Te redit quod Tuum est, Beatiss:me Pater, Veritas vere Tua, qualem Tu olim pingi uissisti, qualem moribus exhibes, nuda, sine tegumentis, Inuidia et Maledicentia adstanibus, a quarum oppres- / sione Temporis fulcimento tandem emergit. Excipe, qua soles humanitate, exiguum hoc munusculum; nam Tibi displicere non potcrit, si dum oculos in hunc typum conijcis, ad prototypum respexeris. //
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