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Source 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.
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Document identity
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143929
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Console Table Depicting Chronos, or Father Time
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143929
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object
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Console Table Depicting Chronos, or Father Time
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.
date
c. 1700
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q60740939
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Furniture and woodwork
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1
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import
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Overall: 95.3 x 107.3 x 62.9 cm (37 1/2 x 42 1/4 x 24 3/4 in.)
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Italy, probably Rome, late 17th-early 18th Century
accession
1968.31
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painted and gilded wood, marble top
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Console Table Depicting Chronos, or Father Time, c. 1700. Italy, probably Rome, late 17th-early 18th Century. Painted and gilded wood, marble top; overall: 95.3 x 107.3 x 62.9 cm (37 1/2 x 42 1/4 x 24 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection by exchange, 1968.31
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Furniture
didYouKnow
Father Time’s scythe symbolizes natural cycles, like the harvest, and time's unstoppable flow that cuts down all living things.
citations
citation
Gabriel P. Weisberg, and H. W. Janson. <em>Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975.
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Reproduced: p. 41
citation
Piña, Leslie A. <em>Furniture in History, 3000 B.C.-2000 A.D</em>. 2nd ed. Boston: Prentice Hall, 2010.
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Reproduced: p. 7
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Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection by exchange
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2026-06-16 14:23:45.025000
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143929
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Decorative Art and Design
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Furniture
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painted and gilded wood, marble top
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