コレクション番号 NGL002243
作品名 Time unveiling Truth
作品名欧文 N-6454-00-000019-A3
作家名 NG6454
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フィルムNo. Time unveiling Truth
作品No. ド・トロワ，ジャン・フランソワ
制作年 1733
寸法 203 x 208 cm
解説 The winged figure of Time, holding a scythe in the sky, reveals Truth, his daughter, who unmasks an old woman personifying Fraud. The four Cardinal Virtues kneel in tribute at Truth's feet. Fortitude rests by a lion which symbolises her courage, while Justice carries a sword and scales which refer to her power and impartiality. Further back Temperance carries a pitcher of water which signifies abstinence, and Prudence carries a snake, an allusion to her wisdom. In the top right-hand corner is a building which recalls the Pantheon in Rome.The original patron is not known. The subject was not uncommon in painting, and Time and Fraud appear in similar roles in Bronzino's 16th-century Allegory with Venus and Cupid.
