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Source Description
The modern notion of childhood as a time of innocence and simplicity emerged during the second half of the eighteenth century. This understanding of adolescence led to numerous depictions of children as personifications of the four seasons. Here spring is portrayed as a young girl adorning her hair with flowers. The flowers filling her basket and growing in the grass around her signal spring’s arrival.
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Document identity
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97973
label
Figure of Spring from the Four Seasons
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object
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Source metadata
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97973
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object
title
Figure of Spring from the Four Seasons
description
The modern notion of childhood as a time of innocence and simplicity emerged during the second half of the eighteenth century. This understanding of adolescence led to numerous depictions of children as personifications of the four seasons. Here spring is portrayed as a young girl adorning her hair with flowers. The flowers filling her basket and growing in the grass around her signal spring’s arrival.
date
c. 1775
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60756827
creators
14385
genreSpecific
Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 27 x 14.5 x 9.4 cm (10 5/8 x 5 11/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
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England, Bristol
accession
1917.611.2
Source extras
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hard-paste porcelain
tombstone
Figure of Spring from the Four Seasons, c. 1775. Bristol Porcelain Factory (British, 1770–81). Hard-paste porcelain; overall: 27 x 14.5 x 9.4 cm (10 5/8 x 5 11/16 x 3 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mary Warden Harkness, 1917.611.2
collection
Decorative Arts
formerAccessionNumbers
1917.612
didYouKnow
Allegorical figures most often decorated a table during the dessert course, providing amusing subjects for conversation.
citations
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 11
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928.
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Reproduced: p. 10
citation
"European Porcelains Bequeathed by Mary Warden Harkness." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>15, no. 2 part II (February 1928): 57-59
page_number
Reproduced: p. 58
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.<br>Incorrectly published as <em>Spring </em>(1917.611.1)
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Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 267
creditline
Bequest of Mary Warden Harkness
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2026-05-29 05:17:18.669000
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97973
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Decorative Art and Design
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Decorative Arts
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hard-paste porcelain
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gender unknown
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1
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0
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photo
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