Personification of Time

I was looking for information on how the figure of "Time" has been personified in art. Traditionally it seems to have been portrayed in either the Old Year/New Year/Father Time way, in the "Chronos, God of Time" way, or it's been wedged into the "Death and the Maiden" motif with Death holding the hourglass of life.

Here's some interesting depictions (both modern and not) of Time from my trip around the internet:



"Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time" by Angelo Brozino



"Personification of Time" by Brian Giberson



"Three Ages of Woman and Death" by Hans Baldung-Grien

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