Father Time Unveils History, Reynier Blokhuysen, 1719 print Father Time with scythe keeps draperies aside and in this way reveals a woman with a mirror, possibly history with a mirror of truth. For the woman an eagle. Above that a putto with the snake Ourobouros. On the left a group of men and a kneeling angel with book. There are three chained figures in the foreground. paper engraving Father Time, man with wings and scythe. 'Historia'; 'Historia' (Ripa). Time revealing Truth; Time carrying Truth aloft

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