Woman representing Winter

Dateca. 1752-55

Maker Unknown artist English

Model byattributed to Andrew Planché (1727-1809)

Label TextAllegorical 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.

Object number76.246

ProvenanceCollection 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 CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia

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.

Credit LineGift of Martha and Henry Isaacson

Dimensions6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm), height

MediumSoft paste porcelain