A RECTANGULAR MARQUETRY WOOD AND HORN ALLEGORICAL RELIEF EMBLEMATIC OF TIME
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A RECTANGULAR MARQUETRY WOOD AND HORN ALLEGORICAL RELIEF EMBLEMATIC OF TIME

ATTRIBUTED TO ADAM ECK, CIRCA 1640-50

Closed8 December 2011

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A RECTANGULAR MARQUETRY WOOD AND HORN ALLEGORICAL RELIEF EMBLEMATIC OF TIME
ATTRIBUTED TO ADAM ECK, CIRCA 1640-50
In a moulded wood and horn inlaid frame; with a titulus above Time's head inscribed in gilt lettering 'TEMPVS.'; the necklace of the woman in the bottom left corner inlaid with seed pearls; minor shrinkage cracks and replacements
11 x 7 3/8 in. (27.8 x 18.7 cm.) the relief; 13 3/8 x 9 5/8 in. (34 x 24.4 cm.) the frame

Specialist note

For comparable works by Adam Eck, one of the foremost sculptors working in the celebrated Eger workshops, see J. Voigt, Für die Kunstkammern europas - Reliefintarsien sus Eger, Leipzig, 1999.