Allegory of Time
date: label: Date
content: 1790–1830
name: label: Artist
content: Giuseppe Longhi, Italian, 1766–1831
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An allergorical picture featuring Youth and Old Age walking hand-in-hand amidst classical ruins. Chronos, the personification of time in Greek mythology, is seen above in a chariot drawn by stags. Two figures appear on the right, and two additional faintly drawn figures appear in the center background.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1948-118-70
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite on cream paper, laid down
label: Dimensions
content: 11.2 × 6.3 cm (4 7/16 × 2 1/2 in.)