Old Masters, Allegory, Father Time, Michael Burghers, Engraving, Antique Print, c. 1668-1727

Michael Burghers (1653-1727)
Veritas filia Temporis [Truth Is the Daughter of Time]
from King James Bible
British: c. 1668-1727
Engraving
2.5 x 6.25 inches, plate mark
6 x 8 inches, overall
$250

Small engraved endpiece illustration centered on the winged head of an allegorical Father Time on which rests an hourglass, and surrounded by a Baroque scrolled decorative design of foliage, flowers, and torches. The head is surmounted by a banner with the motto “Veritas filia Temporis” [“Truth is the daughter of Time”]. It was engraved as an endpiece for the Apocrypha section of the King James Bible, an English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England that had originally been commissioned in 1604. The words “The End of the Apocrypha” appears above the design. The British Museum has this engraving in its collection (see References below).

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