On the lower left hand corner a putti blows bubbles, while on the right hand corner a cherub plays with an hourglass.
Stephen Rees Jones identified numerous thumb-prints covering the surface of this painting which were mysteriously applied during the priming. On the lower left hand corner a putti blows bubbles, while on the right hand corner a cherub plays with an hourglass. This painting in the Wallace Collection was commissioned by Cardinal Rospigliosi as a "moral poem" serving as an allegory for the "Wheel of Fortune" afflicting mankind and much of its iconography was explicated by the artist's biographer Giovanni Bellori. The left side features a two-faced statue of Janus, and above Apollo drives is chariot through the circle of the zodiac to announce the dawn. At the center of this painting four women symbolizing Poverty, Labor, Riches, and Pleasure swing in a circle while listening to a winged old man playing the lyre. For 10 points, name this painting by Nicholas Poussin that provides its name to a series of twelve novels by Anthony Powell (POLE).
Stephen Rees Jones identified numerous thumb-prints covering the surface of this painting which were mysteriously applied during the priming.
A {Dance} to the {Music} of {Time}