Jean-Baptiste Nattier – Time Unveiling Truth – Engraving (18th Century)

"Time Unveiling Truth" presents an allegorical composition illustrating winged Father Time lifting the personification of Truth into the celestial realm before seated monarchical and divine figures exchanging a laurel wreath. The composition exemplifies early eighteenth-century French reproductive printmaking executed after Peter Paul Rubens's famous Marie de' Medici cycle for the publication recording the Luxembourg Gallery. Jean-Baptiste Nattier was a French history painter and draftsman celebrated for executing the master preparatory drawings used to engrave the monumental paintings of the Luxembourg Palace. Artist or Maker: Jean-Baptiste Nattier. Dimensions: Approximately 63 cm x 58 cm. Medium: Engraving. Date: 18th Century.

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