Allegory of the Arts Vanquishing Time, with Medallion Portrait
A brown ink and wash drawing shows winged figures lifting a large billowing drapery beneath an oval medallion portrait at top. Below, a huddled group of figures and a small hourglass-like form fill the lower foreground, with an elderly winged figure at left. Delicate pen lines and soft wash create a dramatic, theatrical composition.
- Artist
- André Jean Lebrun
- Date
- after 1780
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on pieced ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 1199 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1811).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
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, Regenstein Endowment Fund