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Time as Occasion (Kairos)
Francesco de' Rossi1543/1545
Palazzo Vecchio Museum
Firenze, Italy
This is an allegory identified with Time, "that regulates the weights with the scales". More precisely - as the winged feet show - it is the personification of the Greek Kairos, that is the brief moment that can be crucial in a human life, the occasion one must grasp. Photo: Simone Lampredi
Details
- Title: Time as Occasion (Kairos)
- Creator Lifespan: 1510 - 1563
- Creator Nationality: Italian
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Roma
- Creator Birth Place: Firenze
- Date Created: 1543/1545
- painter: Francesco Salviati
- Theme: allegorical subject
- Physical Dimensions: w140 x h275 cm (Complete)
- Period: Mannerism
- Original title: Tempo come Occasione (Kairos)
- Type: fresco painting
- Rights: Comune di Firenze, Comune di Firenze
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