Artist | Nicolas Poussin |
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Year | 1634-1635 |
Type | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 82.5 cm × 104 cm (32.5 in × 41 in) |
Location | Wallace Collection, London |
A Dance to the Music of Time is a painting by Nicolas Poussin. It was produced between 1634 and 1636 as a commission for Giulio Rospigliosi (later Pope Clement IX), who probably dictated its detailed iconography. It is best known for giving its name to the novel cycle of the same name. It passed from Rospigliosi to the Fesch collection and from there to the collections of the Dukes of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace - it is now on display at the Wallace Collection in London.