France, early 16th century / Time / 1500-1510

France, early 16th century
Time
1500-1510
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Creator Nationality: European; French
Creator Dates/Places: France, early 16th century
Creator Active Place: France, early 16th century
Creator Name-CRT: France, early 16th century
Title: Time
Title Type: Primary
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1500
Creation End Date: 1510
Creation Date: 1500-1510
Object Type: Textiles
Classification Term: Tapestries
Materials and Techniques: tapestry weave: silk and wool
Dimensions: Overall: 338.9cm x 439.1cm
Inscriptions: French verse in Gothic letters translates as follows: "One sees the weather adorned in green, Sometimes as pleasing as an angel; To suddenly change and be quite strange, The weather never stays the same."
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 1960.176.3
Credit Line: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html
Provenance: one of set of three allegorical tapestries from the Chateau de Chaumont until 1907; Duveen Collection, New York, in 1925; Clarence H. MacKay Collection until 1939; (French & Co., New York).
Context: Time in the center offers flowers to a group of young people on his right while gesturing with his left hand to scenes of the hardships of old age. The verse at the top translates:Sometimes we see time adorned with green foliageAs pleasant as an angel;And then suddenly he changes and becomes very strange;Never does Time persist in one state.
Link to Work: CMA_.1960.176.1
AMICA ID: CMA_.1960.176.3
AMICA Library Year: 1999
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art

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