Minneapolis Institute of Art
The Pleasures of the Seasons: Spring
Johann Georg PlatzerLinkedCulture matchlcp-96bae58750ba
- Date
- c. 1730
- Medium
- Oil on copper
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 1430
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
These people enjoying the pleasures of spring—playing music, dancing, and canoodling—are the 18th-century equivalent of a bunch of college kids on spring break. Above the festive musicians and the dancing couple at the center, sculpted putti cavort on a large urn. At the left, lovemaking is more urgent, as a young couple embrace below a sculpture of Venus crowned by Cupid. Venus, the goddess of love, is traditionally associated with springtime. Austria, Europe
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- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Walter H. Ude
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