Time and the Goddesses of Fate

In addition to producing altarpieces and other religious pictures, Thijs also found a market as a painter of secular mythological and allegorical compositions. His restrained erotic compositions, such as the Time and the Goddesses of Fate fall within this category. Apart from his aristocratic clientele, this secular work by Thijs must have found a market among the rich Antwerp burghers of the later seventeenth century who would also show interest in Thij’s elegant style of portraiture.