Truth, Time and History

Truth, Time and History (Spanish: La Verdad, el Tiempo y la Historia) is an oil on canvas painting by the Spanish artist Francisco de Goya from 1804–1808. It is exhibited at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.[1]

Truth, Time and History

Artist	Francisco de Goya
Year	1804–1808
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	294 cm × 244 cm (116 in × 96 in)
Location	Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

It is an allegory based on Cesare Ripas Iconologia from 1593. It depicts History witness when Time reveals the Truth. History is symbolised by a woman and Time by an elderly winged man that is holding an hourglass. History records the event in her book, while looking over her shoulder in order to acknowledge the past. The standing woman, that holds a book, represents Spain as well as Truth. It could be an allegory of the Spanish Constitution, adopted in 1812 during Spain's liberation from Napoleonic rule, and the twofold symbolism is designed to underscore the legitimacy of the new constitution.[2]

Sketch about 1797–1799 or 1804, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston[3]

Goya made a rough sketch between 1797–1799, or possibly in 1804. In this version the winged Time reveals a naked Truth while threatening bats and owls lurk above them. The sketch is in the collection of Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.[4]

References

"Nationalmuseum: Francisco de Goya Truth, Time and History". www.nationalmuseum.se. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
Luna, Juan (1994). Goya. Nationalmuseum och Bra Böcker. ISBN 91-7100-495-5.
Sketch on the Boston's Museum of Fine Arts' website.
"Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Francisco Goya y Lucientes Time, Truth and History". www.mfa.org/. Retrieved 2019-11-21.

Francisco Goya

List of works

Paintings

Paintings	Consecration of Aloysius Gonzaga (c. 1763) The Holy Family with Saints Joachim and Anne (c. 1769) The Rape of Europa (1772) Christ Crucified (1780) The Family of the Infante Don Luis (1783–1784) The Greasy Pole (1786–1787) Yard with Lunatics (1793–1794) Prison Interior (1793–1794) Assault of Thieves (1793–1794) The Duchess of Alba and la Beata (1795) Witches' Flight (1797–1798) The Bewitched Man (1797–1798) Witches' Sabbath (1798) La maja desnuda (c. 1797–1800) La maja vestida (1800–1805) Allegory of Industry (c. 1805) Majas on a Balcony (c. 1808–1812) The Water Bearer (1808–1812) The Knifegrinder (1808–1812) Still Life of a Lamb's Head and Flanks (1808-1812) The Colossus (c. 1808–1812) Truth, Time and History (1812–1814) The Second of May 1808 (1814) The Third of May 1808 (1814) The Junta of the Philippines (1815) The Madhouse (1812–1819) The Inquisition Tribunal (1812–1819) The Burial of the Sardine (c. 1816) A Procession of Flagellants (c. 1816) The Forge (c. 1817) Bullfight (Goya) (1824)
Portraits	Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zúñiga (or Red Boy) (c. 1788) La Tirana (1792) (1792) La Tirana (1794) (1794) Portrait of the Marquise de la Solana (1795) The White Duchess (1795) The Black Duchess (1797) Bernardo de Iriarte (1797) Portrait of Ferdinand Guillemardet (1798–1799) Charles IV in his Hunting Clothes (1799) Portrait of Maria Luisa of Parma The Countess of Chinchon (1800) Charles IV of Spain and His Family (1800–1801) Portrait of Manuel Godoy (1801) Portrait of Doña Isabel de Porcel (1804–1805) Portrait of the Marchioness of Santa Cruz (1805) Portrait of Doña Antonia Zárate (1805) Portrait of Doña Antonia Zárate (1810–1811) Portrait of the Duke of Wellington (1812) Self-portrait with Dr Arrieta (1820) Portrait of Don Ramón Satué (1823) The Milkmaid of Bordeaux (1825–1827)
Frescoes	Adoration of the Name of God (1772) Frescoes in the Cartuja de Aula Dei (1774)
Tapestry cartoons	The Boar Hunt (1775) The Parasol (c. 1777) Boys playing soldiers (1778–79) Children in a Chariot (1779) The Grape Harvest (1786) Summer (1786–1787) The Threshing Floor (1786–1787) Blind man's bluff (1789) La boda (The Wedding) (1791–1792)
Black Paintings (c. 1819–1823)	Saturn Devouring His Son Judith and Holofernes Witches' Sabbath A Pilgrimage to San Isidro La Leocadia Two Old Men Men Reading Man Mocked by Two Women Fight with Cudgels Pilgrimage to the Fountain of San Isidro Atropos Asmodea Two Old Ones Eating Soup The Dog

Prints

Los Caprichos (1797–1798)	And so was his grandfather The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
The Disasters of War (1810–1820)	This is worse (c. 1812–1813)
La Tauromaquia (1815–1816)	Unfortunate events in the front seats of the ring of Madrid, and the death of the mayor of Torrejón
Los Disparates (1815–1823)	A way of flying (c. 1815-1816)
The Bulls of Bordeaux (1824–1825)

Depictions

The Naked Maja (1958 film)
Goya, a Story of Solitude (1971 film)
Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment (1971 film)
Goya: A Life in Song (1989 album)
Goya in Bordeaux (1999 film)
Volavérunt (1999 film)
Goya's Ghosts (2006 film)
The Ministry of Time – Episode 25: Time of the Enlightened (2017)

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