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Engraving of winged Time holding a mirror with a child, two nude lovers embracing in a wooded landscape, and a skeleton of Death at right.

Allegory of Love, Time, and Death

An engraving shows a winged figure of Time at left, holding a sickle and a staff and gazing into a diamond-shaped mirror that reflects a small child. At right, two nude lovers embrace in a wooded landscape while a skeleton of Death looms behind them. A Latin inscription runs along the bottom edge.

Artist
Hieronymous Wierix
Date
c. 1580
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1230 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1585).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds

Español: Alegoría del amor, el tiempo y la muerte

Un grabado muestra a la izquierda una figura alada del Tiempo, que sostiene una hoz y un bastón y mira un espejo de forma romboidal que refleja a un niño pequeño. A la derecha, dos amantes desnudos se abrazan en un paisaje boscoso mientras un esqueleto de la Muerte se asoma detrás de ellos. Una inscripción en latín recorre el borde inferior.

Português: Alegoria do Amor, do Tempo e da Morte

Uma gravura mostra, à esquerda, uma figura alada do Tempo, que segura uma foice e um bastão e observa um espelho em forma de losango que reflete uma criança pequena. À direita, dois amantes nus se abraçam em uma paisagem arborizada, enquanto um esqueleto da Morte surge atrás deles. Uma inscrição em latim percorre a borda inferior.

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