Ceres (Allegory of Summer)
around 1635 | Jan Boeckhorst
The portrait is one of a four-part series of the seasons, in which summer is depicted through Ceres, the Roman Goddess of agriculture and fertility. She is a mature woman, with ears of corn and poppy flowers in her hair, and carrying a scythe and huge cornucopia of wheat, vegetables and fruit. Clearly visible are corn cobs, which were imported to Europe from Mexico in the 16th century, as well as cabbage leaves, apples, figs, peaches and plums. The generous proportions of the Goddess’s body obviously reveal the strong influence of Rubens, in whose workshop Boeckhorst presumably worked.
The portrait is one of a four-part series of the seasons, in which summer is depicted through Ceres, the Roman Goddess of agriculture and fertility. She is a mature woman, with ears of corn and poppy flowers in her hair, and carrying a scythe and huge cornucopia of wheat, vegetables and fruit. Clearly visible are corn cobs, which were imported to Europe from Mexico in the 16th century, as well as cabbage leaves, apples, figs, peaches and plums. The generous proportions of the Goddess’s body obviously reveal the strong influence of Rubens, in whose workshop Boeckhorst presumably worked.
Artist:
Jan Boeckhorst (1604 Rees oder Münster - 1668 Antwerpen) DNB
Time:
around 1635
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Flemish
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
106 cm × 84,5 cm
Framed (gallery frame with inscriptions): 119,5 cm × 99,5 cm × 6,5 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 5763
Provenance
1772 documented in the gallery in Vienna (?); Coll. Ambras; between 1806-1817 from Ambras to Vienna
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