Nicolas Poussin's painting "A Dance to the Music of Time"

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allegorical painting painting

Nicolas Poussin's painting "A Dance to the Music of Time" is a 17th-century allegorical work depicting the cyclical nature of human life through dancing figures accompanied by personifications of Time and the seasons.

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Nicolas Poussin's painting "A Dance to the Music of Time" canonical 2
A Dance to the Music of Time by Nicolas Poussin 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf allegorical painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artHistoricalContext French Baroque classicism ⓘ
artworkType oil on canvas ⓘ
collection The Wallace Collection NERFINISHED ⓘ
completionDate c. 1636 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creator Nicolas Poussin NERFINISHED ⓘ
depicts Apollo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Aurora NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fortune NERFINISHED ⓘ
Labor ⓘ
Poverty ⓘ
Wealth ⓘ
allegory of the cyclical nature of human life ⓘ
chariot of the Sun ⓘ
classical mythology ⓘ
cycle of the seasons ⓘ
dancing figures ⓘ
music as ordering principle of time ⓘ
personification of Time ⓘ
putti ⓘ
the seasons ⓘ
zodiac signs ⓘ
genre allegory ⓘ
hasPart chariot of Apollo in the sky ⓘ
figure of a putto blowing bubbles ⓘ
figure of a putto blowing soap bubbles ⓘ
figure of a putto holding an hourglass ⓘ
four dancing figures in a ring ⓘ
personification of Aurora ⓘ
seated figure of Time playing a lyre ⓘ
hasTheme inevitability of time ⓘ
mutability of fortune ⓘ
vanitas ⓘ
inception c. 1634–1636 ⓘ
influenced Anthony Powell's novel sequence "A Dance to the Music of Time" NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedWork A Dance to the Music of Time (novel sequence) NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
locatedIn London NERFINISHED ⓘ
location The Wallace Collection NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject Fortune and human condition ⓘ
cycle of human life ⓘ
passage of time ⓘ
materialUsed oil paint ⓘ
movement Baroque ⓘ
originalTitle La Danse au rythme du Temps NERFINISHED ⓘ
surface canvas ⓘ

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A Dance to the Music of Time → inspiredBy → Nicolas Poussin's painting "A Dance to the Music of Time" ⓘ
A Dance to the Music of Time → titleRefersTo → Nicolas Poussin's painting "A Dance to the Music of Time" ⓘ
Wallace Collection → notableWorkHeld → Nicolas Poussin's painting "A Dance to the Music of Time" ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Dance to the Music of Time by Nicolas Poussin