A young man representing cold standing between two women representing aspects of summer. Engraving by M. Dorigny, 1645, after S. Vouet.

  • Vouet, Simon, 1590-1649.
Date:
[1645]
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11242i
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A young man has a hunting dog attached by its leash to his left arm. He stands between two women, one of whom on the left crowns him with a wreath of flowers, while the other on the right, holding a scythe, represents crops and harvest. In the foreground, a genius holding possibly holly recoils in fear from the dog. According to the lettering, the young man represents frozen cold, or winter

Publication/Creation

[Paris], [1645]

Physical description

1 print : etching, with engraving ; platemark 23.8 x 19.6 cm

Lettering

Quod Natura negat, potuit praestare tabella, Frugibus et sertis jungere frigus iners. Sim Vouet pinx. M. Dorigny sc. cum privil regis 1645. Translation of lettering: What Nature denies, the picture has been able to show: the joining of frozen cold with garlands and crops

References note

Roger-Armand Weigert, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, cabinet des estampes, tome 3, Paris 1954, p. 487, no. 102 ("Allégorie. 1645. Ovale. Fond rectang. H. 0m238 x L. 0m195")

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Wellcome Collection 11242i

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