Tijd overwonnen door Amor

About this artwork

height 364 mm x width 239 mm

Art Historical Context

Michel Dorigny’s 1646 engraving “Tijd overwonnen door Amor” presents an elegant allegory in which Love, personified by the youthful figure of Amor, triumphs over the winged figure of Time. Created during the height of the Baroque period in France, the print captures the era’s fascination with themes of transience and eternal affection, inviting viewers to reflect on how love can seemingly suspend the passage of years. As an engraving measuring 364 by 239 mm, the work exemplifies the reproductive and original printmaking practices of seventeenth-century France. Dorigny, a skilled draftsman and...

About the Artist

Michel Dorigny · 1616–1665

French painter. Comment on works: Painter; History; Portrait; Engraver; Religious; Mythology; Draughtsman