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Console Table Depicting Chronos, or Father Time (top)

Console Table Depicting Chronos, or Father Time (top)

c. 1700
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Father Time’s scythe symbolizes natural cycles, like the harvest, and time's unstoppable flow that cuts down all living things.

Description

The marble tabletop is supported by a gilded wooden figure of Father Time (or “Chronos”) adorned with his typical attributes of wings, a scythe, and an hourglass. The metaphorical weight of his eternal role is emphasized as he bears the heavy stone slab on his shoulders while reaching up to ensure its balance.
  • Before 1968 - 1968
    J. J. Klejman, New York
    1968 -
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Gabriel P. Weisberg, and H. W. Janson. Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975. 41
  • Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).
    Year in Review: 1968. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969).
  • {{cite web|title=Console Table Depicting Chronos, or Father Time (top)|url=false|author=|year=c. 1700|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1968.31