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The covariant spectator quark model, tested before in a variety ofelectromagnetic baryon excitations, is applied here to the $\gamma^\ast N \toN^\ast(1520)$ reaction in the timelike regime. The transition form factors arefirst parametrized in the spacelike region in terms of a valence quark coremodel together with a parametrization of the meson cloud contribution. The formfactor behavior in the timelike region is then predicted, as well as the$N^\ast(1520) \to \gamma N$ decay width and the $N^\ast (1520)$ Dalitz decay,$N^\ast (1520) \to e^+ e^- N$. Our results may help in the interpretation ofdielectron production from elementary $pp$ collisions and from the newgeneration of HADES results using a pion beam. In the $q^2=0$--1 GeV$^2$ rangewe conclude that the {\it QED approximation} (a $q^2$ independent form factormodel) underestimates the electromagnetic coupling of the $N^\ast(1520)$ from 1up to 2 orders of magnitude. We conclude also that the $N^\ast (1520)$ and the$\Delta(1232)$ Dalitz decay widths are comparable.

$\gamma^\ast N \to N^\ast(1520)$ form factors in the timelike regime