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Artist: Gerard De Jode (after Jan Snellinck)Series:Four Moralizing allegories of TimeCatalogue Raisonne: The New Hollstein 545Dimensions: 20 x 32 cmWatermark: Arms of Lorraine, Churchill 312Collector\'s Mark: Lugt 3751Provenance: Albert Van loock
Very rare engraving by Gerard de Jode of Antwerp from a series depicting allegories of time. This particular image shows as winged father time in the center holding a crutch. The man to his left sowing seeds represents the devil & is a reference to the bible verse Matthew 13:25
\"But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way\"In the foreground, men and a satyr sleep, behind them to the left peasants are shown eating & dancing while, to the right, a man sneaks in the window of a woman\'s bedroom. In the background, the men to the left spend their time hunting game, while the knights to the right joust.
Inscriptions:Signed at bottom right of center - Gerar. d. IodeOne line of Latin at upper left - Temporis abusus in ignauta et muridi voluptatibus (The abuse of time in cowardly and morose pleasures)Two lines of Latin at upper right - Exacti nobis male temporis otia magni Constabunt, ratio quando ferenda deo (When we are driven to a bad time, we will have great leisure)
