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English: Drawing, Friezes; Two Caryatids; Seated Figure, ca. 1800   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Drawing, Friezes; Two Caryatids; Seated Figure, ca. 1800
Description
English: Bottom: Frieze with four seasons. Sitting woman returning plates, upon which offerings brought to her, inscribed: PRIMAVERA. Grain harvest, inscribed: ESTATE. Drinking, harvesting wine, inscribed: AUTUNNO. Classical sacrifice of swine, inscribed: INVERNO. Top at right, two sketches of frieze with festoons supported by genii and sketch for figure of Spring. Top left, two caryatids: above upper parts of fluted columns rise half-figures of women carrying Ionic capitals upon their heads; Arms hang down and hold wreaths.
Date circa 1800
date QS:P571,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium pen and ink on laid paper
Dimensions 44.2 x 28.1 cm (17 3/8 x 11 1/16 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1901-39-1207
Credit line Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Inscriptions Watermark: lily over letter V
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Type: Drawing

  • Inscribed: Inscribed in ink, below frieze: PRIMAVERA, ESTATE, AUTUNNO, INVERNO
  • Period: Neoclassical
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