Estate (Summer or Ceres)

c. 1600

Cherubino Alberti, after Polidoro da Caravaggio

Associated Names
Cherubino Alberti

Artist, Roman, 1553 - 1615

Polidoro da Caravaggio

Artist After, Lombard, c. 1499 - 1543

The image shows a classical-style figure enclosed within a triangular ornamental frame. The figure is seated with one arm raised and the other resting on the knee. The facial features are rendered in a classical, idealized style, with soft features and flowing wavy hair. The figure is dressed in a draped garment and holds a large bouquet of foliage. The background has a hatch pattern, and the word "ESTATE" is inscribed at the top of the triangular panel.

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(James Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); gift to NGA, 2020.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: no. 102

Inscriptions

Upper center in image: ESTATE; lower center in image: C / AB; by later hand, upper center verso in brown ink: A 2

Watermarks

crown atop a semicircle, surmounted by a six-pointed star


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