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Time Saving Truth from Falsehood and Envy

LEMOYNE, François · 1737 →

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Oil on canvas, 149 x 114 cm, enlarged to 181 x 148 cm
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MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) — A Musical Joke (Village Musicians) K 522

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This is Lemoyne's last picture, on which he had been working within hours of taking his own life. It was enlarged c. 1760 to make up a set of four Lemoynes then owned by the financier Bouret.

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@online{wga-rdff822579a267b,
  author       = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
  title        = {Time Saving Truth from Falsehood and Envy by LEMOYNE, François},
  organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
  date         = {2026-09-08},
  url          = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lemoyne-franois-rbaccce08690521/time-saving-truth-from-falsehood-and-envy-rdff822579a267b},
  urldate      = {2026-09-08},
  langid       = {english}
}

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