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Time Reveals the Truth
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Time Reveals the Truth

Laurent Cars · c. 1747 · etching; stippelwerk; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Father Time, winged and holding a scythe, lifts Truth and tramples Error, lying on the ground with a mask in her hands. Time brings Truth to light.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printError'Errore' (Ripa)Time revealing TruthTime carrying Truth aloft
Credit lineTijd onthult de Waarheid. c. 1747. Laurent Cars. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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