Cerere come allegoria dell'Estate
Scuola francese del XVII secolo
17th-century French school
Ceres as an allegory of Summer
Oil on canvas
53 x 90 cm.
In frame 67 x 103 cm.
This painting depicts the goddess Ceres, reclining on the grass outdoors, accompanied by a faun and some playful cherubs.
Depictions such as this, with a mythological theme, became widespread from the 16th century onwards with the aim of drawing attention to allegorical themes: specifically, cycles of the seasons were highly prized in noble palaces, each represented by a deity – spring personified by Venus, autumn by Bacchus, winter by Aeolus and finally summer, the subject of our painting, with Ceres.
This is a French work by a painter active in the mid-17th century, evoking the themes in vogue in the School of Fontainebleau, that 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 of the work shown is typical of the style and themes addressed by the artists of this school; the second Fontainebleau school in particular included artists such as the Flemish painter Ambroise Dubois and the French artists Toussaint Dubreuil and Martin Fréminet.
In this context, Dubois’s most important work was the decoration of the Gallery of Diana, which was destroyed in the 19th century.
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