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Winged figure with hourglass and sword hovers over a running man in a red cloak under a dusky sky.

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A winged female figure in a gold robe and white headdress floats above a running man in a red cloak, holding an hourglass in one hand and a sword in the other. The dark, cracked-surfaced scene shows a dusky landscape with a faint sunset along the horizon. Alfred Rethel painted this work in 1837, held in the Hermitage Museum.

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1837

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Hermitage Museum

License

Public domain

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