Caption

Sculpture of a personification of summer and winter, from the collection of Christopher Beckett Denison, page, photomechanical print, number: '3101', c. 1880 - in or before 1885, paper, Woodburytype, height 193 mm x width 121 mm, piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture, summer, 'Aestas', 'Estate' (Ripa), winter, 'Hyems', 'Inverno' (Ripa), A sepia-toned photograph of a porcelain figurine depicting a man and a woman standing close together on an ornate base, the man wearing a pointed hat and patterned clothing with a cloak draped over his shoulders and the woman in a flowing dress holding a small bouquet while lifting part of her skirt which is filled with flowers, both figures turned slightly toward each other, with detailed floral and scrollwork decoration on the base and textured patterns on the garments.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A78_342

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47.2Mb (6.3Mb) / 10.9in x 16.8in / 3284 x 5026 (300dpi)

Keywords

Sculpture personification summer winter collection Christopher Beckett Denison page photomechanical print number 3101 c 1880 - 1885 paper Woodburytype height 193 mm x width 121 mm piece sculpture reproduction Aestas Estate Ripa Hyems Inverno sepia-toned photograph porcelain figurine depicting man woman standing close together ornate base man wearing pointed hat patterned clothing cloak draped shoulders flowing dress holding small bouquet lifting part skirt filled flowers figures turned slightly detailed floral scrollwork decoration base textured patterns garments