Allegory of Autumn | Narodna galerija

Autumn, holding a horn of plenty full of flowers, is offering a putto a fruit. On the left a small faun is squeezing grape juice into the mouth of another putto. The small figures at the right in the background may be harvesting grapes.

For further information see Cat. No. 58, Allegory of Winter.

Artist Anonymous

Year of creation late 17th Century or 1st Half of 18th Century

Technique oil, canvas

Dimensions 35,5 x 45 cm

Inventory number NG S 825, National Gallery of Slovenia, Ljubljana

Restored: 1960, ZSV, Ljubljana.
Provenance: Probably from one of the castles near Velesovo; in 1866 the parish priest Franc Pustavrh sold this and the three paintings Cat. Nos. 56–58 to Edvard Strahl of Stara Loka; purchased by the Narodna galerija in 1930, old Inv. No. 465 (Summer, old Inv. No. 466, Autumn, old Inv. No. 467, Winter, old Inv. No. 468 – Giovanni Bevilaqua [?]).
Exhibitions: 1930, Ljubljana, no catalogue; 1960, Ljubljana, No. 51; (Summer No. 52; Autumn No. 53; Winter No. 54); 1983, Ljubljana, No. 26 (Summer No. 27; Autumn No. 28; Winter No. 29).
Lit.: Polec 1930b, p.179, Cat. No. 420 (Summer p. 180, Cat. No. 424; Autumn p. 180, Cat. No. 422; Winter p. 180, Cat. No. 426 – anonymous, 18C); Polec 1931, p. 53; DS 1931, XXXXIV, Fig. Suppl. No. 8 (Summer reproduced as Allegory of Autumn); Cevc 1960, p. 28, Cat. No. 51 (Summer Cat. No. 52; Autumn Cat. No. 53; Winter Cat. No. 54 – Carlo Giovanni Bevilacqua; the parish priest Franc Pustavrh was said to have received the four paintings from Strmol Castle); Zeri [& Rozman] 1983, pp. 117–118, Cat. and Fig. Nos. 26–29 (Venetian School, second half 17C or first half 18C).