Allegorical performance with female personifications of the four seasons dancing to music made by Father Time. In the foreground on the right a boy with an hourglass, a reference to the passing of time. In the foreground left a naked boy blowing bubbles, a reference to the temporality of life. The boy is sitting in front of a hermit with an old and a young face. On the right an empty pedestal in front of a statue or monument, a reference to the transience of fame. In the sky the Sun God Apollo floats on his solar car, The Dance of Time Ludimus interea celeri nos ludimur hora., print maker

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