Prints and Principles

Most of the recent posts give details about individual prints and earlier posts discuss some of the subtle principles guiding artists in making images meaningful and memorable. For prints that are unsold, click "Items still available for sale" below. All other prints are no longer available. My contact email is oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com and my Instagram username is @printsandprinciples. I have created a separate blog to show my own work: https://printsandprinciplesjamesbrown.blogspot.com

Friday, 1 August 2025

Jan Glauber, “Father Time”, c,1686, after Gérard de Lairesse

Jan Glauber (aka Joannes Glauber; Johannes Glauber; Polidoro; Polydor) (1646–c.1726)

“Father Time” (aka “Sic Omnia Ruunt”; “Everything Comes to an End”), c.1686 (1661–1726), plate 28 from a series of thirty plates, “Historical and Mythological Subjects”, after a drawing in red chalk by Gérard de Lairesse (1640–1711), “Le Temps, figure allégorique pour bas-relief”, in the collection of the Louvre (see https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl020107529 [note that there are arguments regarding attribution]) and a lost painting by the same artist, published in Amsterdam by Leonard Schenk (aka Leonard Schenck; Leon Schenk) (fl.1720-1746).

Etching on laid paper (with watermark).

Size: (sheet) 42.8 x 30.5cm; (plate) 35.8 x 24.8cm; (image borderline) 34.9 x 23.7cm.

Lettered and numbered in plate within the image borderline: (lower centre) “Sic Omnia Ruunt”; (lower right corner) “28”.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (left) “Ger. Laires Pin. et Delin.”; (centre) “Leon: Schenk exc.”; (right) “Joannes Glauber Sculp.”

State iv (of iv) with the addition of Leonard Schenk as the publisher and the plate number, “28”.

Hollstein German 67–4(4)

See also the description of this print offered by the British Museum and the Rijksmuseum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_Sheepshanks-4159; https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200197089.

Condition: a strong impression. Beyond a trace of a brown ink notation shining through from recto in the margin at the upper right and small surface marks within the platemark, the sheet is in a very good condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains.

I am selling this large and visually arresting etching showing Father Time with his wings outstretched, scythe in hand and an hourglass on his head, borne aloft by a menagerie of wild animals, for AU$324 (approximately US$208.32, EUR 182.42, or GBP 157.90), including express mail shipping worldwide. Import duties, if any, are the responsibility of the buyer.

If you are interested in purchasing this rare etching, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

This print has been sold