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Pierre Audouin vintage portrait art and the enduring presence ofAbout the Engraving This magnificent allegorical engraving from 1804 depicts a young woman with an arrow, possibly representing Venus. The work is titled "Il n'est plus tems" (It is no longer time) and was created by Pierre Audouin (1768 1822) after a composition by French painter and engraver Pierre Bouillon (1776 1831). The print exemplifies the refined neoclassical style that dominated French art during the Napoleonic era, with its elegant figure,