Allegorical Scene with Father Time
Medium
Pen and brown ink, over red chalk, with brush and brown wash and red chalk wash, squared in red chalk, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
21.2 × 20.4 cm (8 3/8 × 8 1/16 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
82200
About the Artist
Pietro della Vecchia
Pietro della Vecchia (1603–1678), a versatile Venetian painter from a family of artists, was born in Vicenza or possibly Venice to Gasparo della Vecchia, a painter admitted to the Venetian guild, and belonged to the prominent Dalla Vecchia lineage. In 1649, he married Clorinda Régnier, daughter of the Flemish painter Nicolas Régnier and a painter herself known for her spirited character; their uni...