Name: The Triumph of Time
Brand: PHILIPS GALLE (1537-1612) AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (CIRCA 1525-1569)
Price: 1700.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

PHILIPS GALLE (1537-1612) AFTER PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER (CIRCA 1525-1569)
The Triumph of Time
engraving, 1574, on laid paper, watermark Narrow High Crown, a very good impression of the first state (of four), with thread margins or trimmed on the platemark on three sides, a strip of 8 mm. along the right edge of the subject trimmed off and very skilfully made up with pen and ink, some pale brown ink inscriptions at the upper left corner
Sheet 210 x 299 mm.

References:
New Hollstein 28

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Lot Essay

Time is here personified by Saturn devouring his child and sitting on an hourglass. He is followed by Death as the Grim Reaper on an old mare and an allegorical figure of Fame astride an elephant. On the globe in the background are the signs of the zodiac and in the tree we see a mechanical clock, a very fashionable object in the 16th century.