Martinus Josephus Geeraerts

Allegory of Autumn

Martinus Josephus Geeraerts  Allegorie op de herfst Allegory of Autumn
Martinus Josephus Geeraerts  Allegorie op de herfst Allegory of Autumn
Martinus Josephus Geeraerts  Allegorie op de herfst Allegory of Autumn
Martinus Josephus Geeraerts  Allegorie op de herfst Allegory of Autumn

Martinus Josephus Geeraerts
Allegory of Autumn

Visible à Salle 2

Five putti are playing with grapes, wine, apples and pears. They are the attributes of autumn, the time when the harvest is brought in and the grapes are pressed.

This over-door panel by the Antwerp painter Geeraerts looks like a marble relief. It is painted in many shades of grey, hence it is called a ‘grisaille’. In the Netherlands, this type of marble imitation is also called ‘Witjes’, after the painter Jacob de Wit, who specialised in the technique.

Détails techniques
Martinus Josephus Geeraerts  Allegorie op de herfst Allegory of Autumn

Martinus Josephus Geeraerts
Allegory of Autumn

Visible à Salle 2

Vers le haut

Détails

Informations générales
Martinus Josephus Geeraerts (Antwerp 1707 - 1791 Antwerp)
Allegory of Autumn
painting
245
Salle 2
Détails des matériaux et techniques
oil
canvas
85 x 100 cm

Origine

Gerret Braamcamp, Amsterdam, until 1771; Prince William V, The Hague, 1771-1795; confiscated by the French, transferred to the Muséum Central des Arts/Musée Napoléon (Musée du Louvre), Paris, 1795-1815; Royal Picture Gallery, housed in the Prince William V Gallery, The Hague, 1816; transferred to the Mauritshuis, 1822