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Circle of Joachim von Sandrart – Vertumnus, Allegory of Winter – 17th Century
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17th century oil on canvas painting depicting Vertumnus in the form of an elderly woman, allegory of winter. High quality work, circle of Joachim von Sandrart (1606-1688). Joachim von Sandrart (1606-1688) was a German Baroque art-historian and painter, active in Amsterdam during the Dutch Golden Age. He is most significant for his collection of biographies of Dutch and German artists, the Teutsche Academie, published between 1675 and 1680. As a painter, he was held in very high esteem by his peers. He covered several genres: portraits, altarpieces, mythological scenes, historic scenes and allegoric scenes. A recent cleaning of this work allowed us to discover what seems to be the corner of a red cape at the bottom right corner. This leads us to believe that at some time in its past this portion of canvas might have been salvaged from a larger painting, the lost portion perhaps corresponding to the representation of Pomona, goddess of fruit trees, gardens and orchards in Roman mythology. The representation of the two characters together was very popular in the 17th and 18th centuries. A wax seal on the back of the canvas bears the coat of arms of the town of Lisieux (Normandy).
Origin: France.