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Triumph of Time

Jacopo da Sellaio1485/1490

Musei di Fiesole

Musei di Fiesole
Fiesole, Italy

On a cart drawn by deer, animals that run as fast as the passage of time, a stooped old man, characterized by long golden wings, is depicted with an hourglass in hand while balncing on a mechanical watch. Two dogs, one black and one white symbolizing the alternating of day and night, are biting the rod in attemt to break it. In the sky the chariot of the sun appears with the astrological sign of the bull to indicate spring, between 21 April and 21 May

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  • Title: Triumph of Time
  • Creator: Jacopo di Arcangelo noto anche come Jacopo del Sellaio
  • Date Created: 1485/1490
Musei di Fiesole

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