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