Why it matters
Winged Time, an old man with an hourglass, holds the arm of a woman in white, while History sits writing in a book. The painting is also known as the Allegory of the Constitution of 1812.
Did you know?
- It is usually dated between 1804 and 1808.
- It was probably made for Manuel Godoy's palace in Madrid.
- It is in the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.
Based on the Wikipedia article Truth, Time and History (CC BY-SA 4.0).
