A Beauty That Grows With Time: ‘Time Orders Old Age to Destroy Beauty’

A Beauty That Grows With Time: ‘Time Orders Old Age to Destroy Beauty’
“Time Orders Old Age to Destroy Beauty,” circa 1746 by Pompeo Batoni. Oil on Canvas, 52.3 inches by 37.9 inches. The National Gallery, London. Public Domain
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“Time Orders Old Age to Destroy Beauty,” circa 1746, by Pompeo Batoni. Oil on canvas, 52.3 inches by 37.9 inches. The National Gallery, London. (Public Domain)
“Time Orders Old Age to Destroy Beauty,” circa 1746, by Pompeo Batoni. Oil on canvas, 52.3 inches by 37.9 inches. The National Gallery, London. Public Domain
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Eric Bess, Ph.D., is a fine artist, a writer on art-related topics, and an assistant professor at Fei Tian College in Middletown, New York.
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