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Father Time
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Father Time is a personification of time, in particular the progression of history and the approach of death. In recent centuries, he is usually depicted as an elderly bearded man, sometimes with wing
A 19th-century Father Time with Baby New Year
A 19th-century Father Time with Baby New Year
Detail of Father Time in the Rotunda Clock in the Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. (1896)
Detail of Father Time in the Rotunda Clock in the Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. (1896)
Father Time in Fountain of Time
Father Time in Fountain of Time
Father Time on an Irish memorial stone, displaying an empty hourglass to a mourning widow
Father Time on an Irish memorial stone, displaying an empty hourglass to a mourning widow
Cronus
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In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Cronus, Cronos, or Kronos was the leader and youngest of the Titans, the children of Gaia and Uranus. Cronus castrated and overthrew his father and then ruled
Father Time
…other timekeeping device. As an image, the origins of "Father Time" are varied. The ancient Greeks themselves began to associate Chronos with the god Cronus, who had the attribute of a harvester's sickle. The Romans equated Cronus with Saturn, who also had a sickle, and was treated as an old man, often with…
Rhea offers to Cronus a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes, in place of the newborn Zeus. Red-figure ceramic vase, c. 460–450 BC, Metropolitan Museum
Rhea offers to Cronus a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes, in place of the newborn Zeus. Red-figure ceramic vase, c. 460–450 BC, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Mutilation of Uranus by Saturn [Cronus], 16th-century oil painting by Giorgio Vasari
The Mutilation of Uranus by Saturn [Cronus], 16th-century oil painting by Giorgio Vasari
Cronus devouring one of his sons, 17th-century oil painting by Peter Paul Rubens
Cronus devouring one of his sons, 17th-century oil painting by Peter Paul Rubens
Rhea giving the rock to Cronus, 19th-century painted frieze by Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Rhea giving the rock to Cronus, 19th-century painted frieze by Karl Friedrich Schinkel