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Console Table Depicting Chronos, or Father Time (top)
Console Table Depicting Chronos, or Father Time (top)
c. 1700
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Painted and gilded wood, marble top
Overall: 95.3 x 107.3 x 62.9 cm (37 1/2 x 42 1/4 x 24 3/4 in.)
Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection by exchange 1968.31
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Father Time’s scythe symbolizes natural cycles, like the harvest, and time's unstoppable flow that cuts down all living things.
Description
The marble tabletop is supported by a gilded wooden figure of Father Time (or “Chronos”) adorned with his typical attributes of wings, a scythe, and an hourglass. The metaphorical weight of his eternal role is emphasized as he bears the heavy stone slab on his shoulders while reaching up to ensure its balance.
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