Medium Oil on canvas Year 1745 | Artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | |
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Dimensions 231.1 cm × 167 cm (91.0 in × 66 in) Location Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Giovanni Battista Tiepolo artwork An Allegory with Venus and Time, Eteokles and Polyneikes, Apollo and the Continents, Allegory of Merit Accompa | ||
Time Unveiling Truth is a painting (c. 1745-50) by the Italian painter Tiepolo. It is now on display in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in Boston, Massachusetts. Father Time is shown on a chariot with a scythe uncovering the body of a female figure of Truth.
Provenance
Acquired in Venice by Louis Auguste in 1865, Baron de Schwiter, Vienna; May 3, 1886, Willy Blumenthal, Paris; November 29, 1935, Léon Cotnareanu; December 14, 1960. Sold by Rudolph J. Heinemann to the Museum of Fine Arts Boston for $210,000, December 13, 1961.
References
Time Unveiling Truth (Tiepolo) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA