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C1686
Day & Night.
Artist:
Richard Blome (1641 - 1705)
‘The figure of the young man with wings holding a lighted torch in his right hand, and a serpent in a circular form in his left, having one foot on a cloud, represents Day his youth is the Morning, and … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Day & Night.
Date:
C1686
Artist:
Richard Blome (1641 - 1705)
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1686
Description:
‘The figure of the young man with wings holding a lighted torch in his right hand, and a serpent in a circular form in his left, having one foot on a cloud, represents Day his youth is the Morning, and his lighted torch the Noon his circular serpent shews the motion of Time, and his treading on a cloud, that he puts darkness under his feet behind the globe on the backside, flipping away as it were, stands a woman winged and cloathed in a Sables garment, embroidered with stars, having on her head head a crown of Poppeys, representing Night her posture shews her not to be able to stay in presence of Light her garment is her proper emblems, and her Poppeys are promoters of Sleep, the true business of the Night: The Element below her spangled with stars, shews the descending of Night at the ascending of Day.’
