An Allegory of Winter (1608)
Sebastian Vrancx1608 · Landscape · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1647)
Specifications
- Year
- 1608
- Nationality / school
- Flemish
- Lifespan
- 1573–1647
About the artwork
Sebastian Vrancx is the artist behind "An Allegory of Winter", dated 1608. About the period around 1608: In the Dutch Republic, a prosperous middle-class market supported landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and scenes of daily life painted at a modest scale for the home. The seventeenth century is the age of the Baroque, which favoured dramatic light, movement, and strong emotion in the work of painters in Italy, Spain, and Flanders. The catalogue places it in Mythology. The format is landscape. Mythology in brief: Artists from the Renaissance to the Symbolists returned to myth to explore love, power, fate, and transformation. Mythological painting draws on stories from Greek and Roman myth, and on other traditions such as Norse, Celtic, and Hindu narrative.
"An Allegory of Winter" is shown in the onlly.art catalogue for reference and browsing. A landscape format suits wide, low wall spaces such as the stretch above a bed, mantel, or sideboard. Browsing works by the same artist, or from the same period, is a good way to compare styles before choosing what suits your space.
About the artist
Flemish, 1573–1647
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