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Time Unveiling Truth

Artist: Jean-François de Troy (French, 1679-1752)

Date: 1733

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: The National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Description

Winged Father Time unveils Truth, who is dressed in white and rests her foot on a globe, symbolizing the Earth from which she has sprung. With her left hand, Truth unmasks Deceit, while with her right she gestures to the four cardinal virtues: Prudence, holding a snake; Temperance, carrying a water jug; Justice, with sword and scales; and Fortitude, who rests her elbow on a lion. The subject is based on the classical motto, ‘Truth is the daughter of Time’, meaning that truth becomes apparent through the passage of time.

Time Unveiling Truth, Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, 1740-45

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Tiepolo - Time Unveiling Truth, 1758.

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We watch the bud in spring, inclining ear To hear the young leaf lisping in the sheath; We count the shimmering moments, underneath The shadow of the summer's fluttering gear; Our labour care, lest blight or blast should sear Or shake our fragrant, petal-precious wreath; Till the hour come in which we would bequeath The leaf that hangs the last, of all most dear.

O Life, when there is nought betwixt Thy cross And client, save Thy blood and deathly sweat, Then sink the good, the ills; the gain, the loss; Occasion or excuse to joy or grieve; Fall all the leaves of life without regret; O Way, O Truth, it is enough to live.

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Via Vita Veritas

John Gray 1866-1934

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Graphic - Pompeo Girolamo Batoni 1708–1787

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