Lot 129: An Allegory of Time releasing Faith

Jacob de Backer (Antwerp c. 1540/5-c. 1595) and Studio
An Allegory of Time releasing Faith
oil on panel
106.7 x 74.2 cm.

Meyer van den Broeck; Helbing, Munich, 16 May 1905, lot 59.

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An engraving by Antonius Wierix II after a design by Jacob de Backer shows the same allegorical figure but without 'Time' (see Hollstein, LXVI, pp. 48-9, no. 1707).