Minneapolis Institute of Art
Allegory of Autumn
Pietro TestaLinkedCulture matchlcp-54fad2f0d7ea
- Date
- c. 1642–44
- Medium
- Etching
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 108303
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
Pietro Testa depicts autumn as a frenzied, reckless triumphal procession honoring Bacchus-the armless statue at the left-god of the wine harvest. An aging, drunken Silenus leads the parade of lustful satyrs and centaurs, who chase nymphs, dance, wrestle, and play music. They have been carousing all night, for above we see Apollo bringing dawn to the starry sky. At the far right, Leo roars summer to a close, and at the left Sagittarius the centaur brings up the rear of the heavenly autumnal progression. Italy, Europe
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- Credit line
- The Winton Jones Endowment for Prints and Drawings
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