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Source Description
While harvesters work away under a cloudy sky, a nude woman with shafts of wheat in her hair lies in the foreground. She is Ceres, goddess of agricultural abundance, here also personifying summer. The surface is carefully worked to contrast the round softness of Ceres's body with the crisp, thin edges of the foliage and wheat.The composition may have been inspired by an engraving by the Flemish engraver Jan Sadeler of Summer, one of The Four Seasons (1580-1584). This plaque was probably also part of such a series.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
13277
label
Plaque with Allegory of Summer
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
13277
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Plaque with Allegory of Summer
description
While harvesters work away under a cloudy sky, a nude woman with shafts of wheat in her hair lies in the foreground. She is Ceres, goddess of agricultural abundance, here also personifying summer. The surface is carefully worked to contrast the round softness of Ceres's body with the crisp, thin edges of the foliage and wheat.The composition may have been inspired by an engraving by the Flemish engraver Jan Sadeler of Summer, one of The Four Seasons (1580-1584). This plaque was probably also part of such a series.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1600-1630 (Baroque)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Metal
plaquette
plaques
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
13.5
height
18
depth
1
dimensionsRaw
H: 5 5/16 × W: 7 1/16 × D: 3/8 in. (13.5 × 18 × 1 cm)
Source extras
med
gilded copper
creator_ids
6211
6505
collection_ids
BAR
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
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e086a5874c9a0485