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Woman representing Winter

Photo: Paul Macapia

Woman representing Winter

ca. 1752-55

Allegorical representations of the seasons remained remarkably unchanged from late antiquity to the eighteenth century. Spring is a young woman holding flowers; Summer is often thinly clad and has a sheaf of grain; Fall is draped in grape vines; and Winter, bundled against the cold, huddles over a fire.
Soft paste porcelain
6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm), height
Gift of Martha and Henry Isaacson
76.246
Provenance: Collection of Mr and Mrs Henry and Martha Isaacson, unknown purchase date until 1976; gift from Mr and Mrs Henry and Martha Isaacson to Seattle Art Museum, Washington, 1976
Photo: Paul Macapia
location
Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe", February 17, 2000-May 7, 2000 (2/17/2000 - 5/7/2000)
Published ReferencesEmerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates, "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe", Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pg. 234

"Eighteenth Century English Porcelain: A Special Exhibition," Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, April-May 1956, no. 152.

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