Plaque with Allegory of Summer
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...
Artifact
| id |
id
13277
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_53.65_Fnt_BW_H71.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_53.65_Fnt_BW_H71.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_53.65_Fnt_BW_H71.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/53.65 |
Terms
Medium
gilded copper