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Source Description
this plaque and its companion Allegory of Spring (44.174) wre surely intended as two of four similar plaques celebrating the Four Seasons, a popular subject in the 1600s. The Satyr and the woman along with their attributes of harvested grain conveya sense of ribe fullness. A half-draped female figure reclines with her left elbow leaning on a sheaf of wheat and a sickle in her left hand, while a faun, naked except for a blowing mantle tied by a string across his chest, squats down to gaze at her. On the right a child dips his arms in a fountain where two jets of water issue from the mouths of dolphins. At the left, in front of a field of grain, a child is seated near two wheat sheaves and a putto stands to blow a trumpet.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
21875
label
Allegory of Summer
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
21875
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Allegory of Summer
description
this plaque and its companion Allegory of Spring (44.174) wre surely intended as two of four similar plaques celebrating the Four Seasons, a popular subject in the 1600s. The Satyr and the woman along with their attributes of harvested grain conveya sense of ribe fullness. A half-draped female figure reclines with her left elbow leaning on a sheaf of wheat and a sickle in her left hand, while a faun, naked except for a blowing mantle tied by a string across his chest, squats down to gaze at her. On the right a child dips his arms in a fountain where two jets of water issue from the mouths of dolphins. At the left, in front of a field of grain, a child is seated near two wheat sheaves and a putto stands to blow a trumpet.
provenance
Jacques Seligmann, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1908, by purchase [Emile Rey as agent]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
c. 1650-1675
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Enamels
plaques
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
10.5
height
19
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 1/8 x W: 7 1/2 in. (10.5 x 19 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] HP (linked)
RelatedObjects
2210
med
painted enamel and gold on copper
creator_ids
3672
17263
collection_ids
REN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
7c7a063aadaf0fe1