vcrfl:From 1856 to 1863, Eugène Delacroix painted a set of allegories of the four seasons, based on
vcrfl:From 1856 to 1863, Eugène Delacroix painted a set of allegories of the four seasons, based on classic mythology, for the Alsacian industrialist Frederick Hartmann. They are, from top to bottom:Spring: The Death of EurydiceSummer: Diana Surprised by ActaeonAutumn: Bacchus and AriadneWinter: Juno Beseeches Aeolus to Destroy Ulysses’ FleetThe paintings are all uniformly 198 × 166 cm in size. The heads of the main characters are all at half height of the paintings, so that the figures are only half life size. The whole set is now in the São Paulo Museum of Art, where it is known as As Quatro Estações Hartmann, the four seasons of Hartmann. -- source link
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