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Ceiling painting with allegorical figures
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Ceiling painting with allegorical figures

Bernard Picart · 1692 - 1696 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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Ceiling painting in the king's apartments in the Louvre. Father Time abducts Truth and flies with her through the air, accompanied by a putto with a sickle and the snake biting its own tail (symbol of eternity). Along the edge of the ceiling, the personifications of Anger and Envy. In the margin, a four-line caption in Latin and French.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printEnvyAngerEternity, 'Aeternitas'Truth'Verità' (Ripa)
Credit linePlafondschildering met allegorische figuren. 1692 - 1696. Bernard Picart. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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