Allegorie des Sommers
1740/1770
Medium
Feder und Aquarell auf Papier
Dimensions
12,2 × 8,5 cm
Classification
Zeichnung
Department
Belvedere Collection
Museum
Belvedere
Credit
Belvedere, Vienna
Accession Number
SLM 244
Art Historical Context
Francesco Fontebasso’s *Allegorie des Sommers* offers a charming glimpse into 18th-century European art. Created between 1740 and 1770, this delicate pen-and-watercolor drawing measures just 12.2 by 8.5 centimeters, suggesting it may have served as a preparatory study or a collector’s piece. Fontebasso, a Venetian artist active during the Rococo period, was known for his light touch and elegant figures, often drawing inspiration from the theatrical compositions of his teacher, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. The work personifies summer through graceful, symbolic imagery typical of seasonal allegor...
About the Artist
Francesco Fontebasso · 1707–1769
Comment on works: Religious