Description: Artist: Gerard De Jode (after Jan Snellinck)Series: Four Moralizing allegories of TimeCatalogue Raisonne: The New Hollstein 545Dimensions: 20 x 32 cm Watermark: Arms of Lorraine, Churchill 312Collector's Mark: Lugt 3751Provenance: Albert Van loock Very rare engraving by Gerard de Jode of Antwerp from a series depicting allegories of time. This particular image shows as winged father time in the center holding a crutch. The man to his left sowing seeds represents the devil & is a reference to the bible verse Matthew 13:25 "But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way" In the foreground, men and a satyr sleep, behind them to the left peasants are shown eating & dancing while, to the right, a man sneaks in the window of a woman's bedroom. In the background, the men to the left spend their time hunting game, while the knights to the right joust. Inscriptions: Signed at bottom right of center - Gerar. d. IodeOne line of Latin at upper left - Temporis abusus in ignauta et muridi voluptatibus (The abuse of time in cowardly and morose pleasures)Two lines of Latin at upper right - Exacti nobis male temporis otia magni Constabunt, ratio quando ferenda deo (When we are driven to a bad time, we will have great leisure)
Price: 599 USD
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
End Time: 2024-12-01T01:46:16.000Z
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Artist: Gerard de Jode, Jan Snellinck
Size: Medium
Title: THE DEVIL FINDS WORK FOR IDLE HANDS
Material: Paper
Region of Origin: Netherlands
Framing: Unframed
Subject: Allegory, Morality, Religion, Time, Christian
Type: Print
Year of Production: 1600s
Style: Old Master Print
Theme: Religion, Morality, Work, Parable
Production Technique: Engraving
Country/Region of Manufacture: Belgium
Culture: European
Handmade: Yes
Time Period Produced: Pre-1700
