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The Triumph of Time (recto); Sketch of a Stag (verso)

A work made of pen and brown ink, over traces of black chalk, on cream laid paper.
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  • A work made of pen and brown ink, over traces of black chalk, on cream laid paper.

Date:

c. 1517

Artist:

Style of Dirk Vellert
Netherlandish, active 1511-1544

About this artwork

This drawing relates to a stained-glass roundel by Dirk Vellert that survives today in Brussels. Since the subject belongs to a larger series of triumphs made popular by 14th-century poet Petrarch, it is likely that the drawing was also one of a series, which included not only the Triumph of Time, but also the Triumphs of Love, Fame, Death, and Chastity. Here Time is represented by the figure of an older man with crutches, who is crowned by an hourglass.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Style of Dirk Vellert

Title

The Triumph of Time (recto); Sketch of a Stag (verso)

Place

Netherlands (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1512–1522

Medium

Pen and brown ink, over traces of black chalk, on cream laid paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso, center, in graphite: "20"

Dimensions

22.4 × 22.6 cm (8 7/8 × 8 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Potter Palmer

Reference Number

1939.261

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