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Allegory in Honor of Claude Lorrain (after Carlo Maratti)
Allegory in Honor of Claude Lorrain (after Carlo Maratti)
Allegory in Honor of Claude Lorrain (after Carlo Maratti)

Allegory in Honor of Claude Lorrain (after Carlo Maratti)

Maker (Italian, active in Italy and England, 1727-1815)
After (Italian, 1625-1713)
Datecirca 1764 - 1771
MediumEching with engraving in brown on cream wove paper
DimensionsPlate: 15-7/8 x 10-3/4 in. (40.3 x 27.3 cm)
Sheet: 16-1/16 x 10-3/4 in. (40.8 x 27.3 cm)
Credit LineUniversity Transfer from Max Epstein Archive
Collections
Object number1981.11
Status
Not on view
Description

Bartolozzi was an Italian artist active primarily in England who ran a booming publishing business. This allegory reproduces a drawing by Carlo Maratti in the Royal Collection at Windsor. The composition features the figure of Time representing the capacity of portraiture to confer immortality on its sitters. In Allegory in Honor of Claude Lorrain, Time holds aloft the hourglass, keeping the sands out of the reach of an impish cherub. The inscription translates as "[Art] draws man from oblivion and steals him from [the clutches of] death."

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