Scuola Francese Del Xvii Secolo, Ceres as an Allegory of Summer French School 17th Century Painting Oil on Canvas Mythological, 1670, Oil on Canvas

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French school, 17th century

ceres as an allegory of summer

oil on canvas (53 x 90 cm - framed 67 … Read more French school, 17th century

ceres as an allegory of summer

oil on canvas (53 x 90 cm - framed 67 x 103 cm)

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the painting shown depicts the goddess ceres, reclining on the grass outdoors, accompanied by a faun and some playful cherubs.

depictions like this, with mythological themes, became popular starting in the 16th century with the aim of highlighting allegorical themes. Specifically, the cycles of the seasons, each represented by a deity, were highly appreciated in noble palaces: spring personified by venus, autumn by bacchus, winter by aeolus, and finally summer, the subject of our canvas, with ceres.

this is a french work by a painter active in the mid-17th century, evoking the themes popular in the school of fontainebleau, the diverse artistic movement that developed in france in the 16th century, closely linked to the patronage of king francis i, which attracted a mix of italian, flemish, and french artists.

the mythological and allegorical subject matter of the work shown is typical of the style and themes explored by artists of this school; artists such as the flemish ambroise dubois and the french toussaint dubreuil and martin fréminet were particularly active in the second school of fontainebleau.

in this context, dubois's most important work was the decoration of the galerie de diane, which was destroyed in the 19th century.

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