Bellona
Sculptures
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Allegory of Spring
| Artist | |
|---|---|
| Culture | Italian |
| Date | end of the 16th century |
| Object type | sculpture |
| Medium, technique | bronze |
| Dimensions | 38.5 × 21 × 15 cm |
| Inventory number | 84.12 |
| Collection | Sculptures |
| On view | Museum of Fine Arts, Ground Floor, Baroque Hall |
The pair of sculptures, identified as allegories of Spring and Autumn (see also inv. 84.11), may have been made in the last period of Venetian mannerism. Spring, the wreathed female figure holding a bouquet in her left hand, resting her leg on a bunch of flowers, has been attributed to Alessandro Vittoria (1525–1608) and Girolamo Campagna (1549 – ca. 1625) as well. It is an innovative variant of Peace, a small bronze of which many copies have survived. Some of these copies are attributed to Tiziano Aspetti (ca. 1559 – 1606). The pair of sculptures in Budapest is also more reminiscent of Aspetti’s works, considering the lively composition, the elegant hand posture, and the drapery emphasising the body shape. Autumn, a bearded man with fruit under his feet, is a more recent version of an older prototype with new attributes. A similar composition, Saint John the Baptist by the circle of Alessandro Vittoria, was known in the Richard von Kaufmann collection in Berlin.
References
Balogh, Jolán – Szmodisné Eszláry, Éva, Katalog der ausländischen Bildwerke des Museums der bildenden Künste in Budapest, 4.-18. Jahrhundert, Bd. 3. Neuerwerbungen, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1994, p. 35., no. 8.
Szmodisné Eszláry, Éva, A Régi Szoborgyűjtemény kincsei, Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1994, p. 28, ill. 21.
Szmodisné Eszláry, Éva, The treasures of the Old Sculpture collection, Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1994, p. 28-29.
This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.