Allegory of Time
Social Media Share Tools
Object Details
- Artist
- Giuseppe Longhi, Italian, 1766–1831
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- 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.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne
- 1790–1830
- Accession Number
- 1948-118-70
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- figures
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Graphite on cream paper, laid down
- Dimensions
- 11.2 × 6.3 cm (4 7/16 × 2 1/2 in.)
- made in
- Italy
- Italy
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1948-118-70
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq482236229-9e19-405d-a975-22973ec9cef5
This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Open Access page.
International media Interoperability Framework
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.