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Allegory of Vanity

Allegory of Vanity
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Allegory of Vanity
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Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
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pen, pencil and watercolour 200 x 271 mm - Insc: Q.E. (Queen's Elm) Jun (Jan?) 11 Sed fugit interea --- Vergil If Neo-classicism represented repose and decorum, Romanticism represented excitement and movement. Here the flying figure is Time. The inscription is from Virgil's Georgics III; 'Time flies for those of us who remain captivated by the s...

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Date created
1811
Creator
Henry Fuseli
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https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artwork/3320
Related subjects
nudes / mirrors / mythology / myths / classicism / allegories / Neoclassical/European / Drawing

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