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Allegory of Spring
(Renaissance Europe )
This plaque, along with its companion Allegory or Summer (44.173) were surely intended as part of a series of four plaques of The Four Seasons, a popular subject in the 1600a. A seated satyr plays a pipe, leaning against a pilaster, while a nymph reclining beside him listens. A baby faun, wielding a stick, is herding a goat. In the background are trees and bushes. In the foreground at the right is an urn.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
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.
Geographies
France, Limoges (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 4 1/8 x W: 7 1/2 in. (10.5 x 19 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1908
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
44.174
