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Artist:
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Johann Georg Platzer (or Plazer)
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Title:
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The Pleasures of the Seasons: Spring
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Date:
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c. 1730
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Medium:
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Oil on copper
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Dimensions:
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15 x 21 1/2 in. (38.1 x 54.61 cm) (panel)
19 3/4 x 26 1/2 in. (50.17 x 67.31 cm) (outer frame)
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Mrs. Walter H. Ude
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Location:
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Gallery 308
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Spring is evoked by appropriate flowers and by couples engaging in uninhibited and playful dalliance. Festive musicians accompany the dancing couple at the center, and sculpted putti cavort on a large urn. In the left foreground, lovemaking is more urgent, as a young couple embrace below a sculpture showing Venus crowned by Cupid. Venus, the goddess of love, is traditionally associated with springtime.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Platzer (or Plazer), Johann Georg
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Nationality:
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Austrian
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Life Dates:
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Austrian, 1704 - 1760
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Physical Description:
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Allegory. Rococo. Spring represented by scene showing human activity, usually in a landscape.
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Creation Place:
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Europe, Austria, , ,
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Accession #:
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61.37
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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